A neural network implementation of a saliency map model

Neural Networks

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1467-1474

  de Brecht, Matthew ^a   Saiki, Jun ^a,b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Neural network; Saliency map; Synaptic depression; Visual search

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMMUNICATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONFORMAL MAPPING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

KOCH'S MODEL; SALIENCY MAP MODELS; SYNAPTIC DEPRESSION; VISUAL SEARCH;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ATTENTION; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33751211540     PISSN: 08936080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neunet.2005.12.004     Document Type: Article

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