Neural activity in macaque parietal cortex reflects temporal integration of visual motion signals during perceptual decision making

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 45, 2005, Pages 10420-10436

  Huk, Alexander C ^a   Shadlen, Michael N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Lateral intraparietal area; LIP; Reaction time; Vision; Visual motion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EYE MOVEMENT; LATERAL INTERPARIETAL AREA; MONKEY; MOTION; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SENSORY STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; VISION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EYE MOVEMENTS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; ORIENTATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 27744447125     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4684-04.2005     Document Type: Article

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