How behavioral constraints may determine optimal sensory representations

PLoS Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2383-2392

  Salinas, Emilio ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BINOCULAR VISION; BRAIN REGION; HEARING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SENSORY NERVE CELL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TUNING CURVE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; DEPTH PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISION DISPARITY;

EID: 33845484887     PISSN: 15457885     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040387     Document Type: Article

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