Neuronal firing rates account for distractor effects on mnemonic accuracy in a visuo-spatial working memory task

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 407-419

  MacOveanu, Julian ^a   Klingberg, Torkel ^b   Tegnér, Jesper ^a,b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DETERIORATION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; NEURAL NETWORKS;

MNEMONIC ACCURACY; NEURAL CIRCUITRY; SPATIAL DISTANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

CYBERNETICS;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; CUES; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34248343002     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: 14320770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00422-006-0139-8     Document Type: Article

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