Analog numerical representations in rhesus monkeys: Evidence for parallel processing

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 889-901

  Nieder, Andreas ^a,b   Miller, Earl K ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; EYE MOVEMENT; FRONTAL CORTEX; INFORMATION; MENTAL FUNCTION; MONKEY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EYE MOVEMENTS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY; MENTAL PROCESSES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 2942566056     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089892904970807     Document Type: Article

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