Effects of task difficulty and target likelihood in area V4 of macaque monkeys

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2377-2387

  Boudreau, C Elizabeth ^a   Williford, Tori H ^a   Maunsell, John H R ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EYE POSITION; MACACA; NERVE CELL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SENSORY SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; CUES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EYE MOVEMENTS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 33751235243     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01072.2005     Document Type: Article

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