Cycle-to-cycle variability as an optimal behavioral strategy

Neurocomputing

Volumn 69, Issue 10-12, 2006, Pages 1120-1124

  Brezina, Vladimir ^a   Proekt, Alex ^a   Weiss, Klaudiusz R ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral variability; Central pattern generator; Motor control; Neuromuscular system; Noise

Indexed keywords

INTELLIGENT CONTROL; MUSCLE; NEUROLOGY; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

APLYSIA FEEDING BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL VARIABILITY; CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATOR; MOTOR CONTROL; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; OPTIMAL STRATEGY;

BIOMECHANICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; BITE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MOTOR CONTROL; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWALLOWING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 33646078797     PISSN: 09252312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neucom.2005.12.057     Document Type: Article

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