Ambiguous encoding of stimuli by primary sensory afferents causes a lack of independence in the perception of multiple stimulus attributes

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 36, 2006, Pages 9173-9183

  Carlson, Bruce A ^a   Kawasaki, Masashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric fish; Electrosensory; Illusion; Jamming avoidance response; Sensory integration; Temporal coding

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTROSTIMULATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SPIKE WAVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; SENSATION;

EID: 33748516154     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1513-06.2006     Document Type: Article

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