The law of inverse effectiveness in neurons and behaviour: Multisensory integration versus normal variability

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 45, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 3340-3345

  Holmes, Nicholas P ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Regression fallacy; Regression toward the mean; Superior colliculus; Touch; Two point discrimination; Vision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY STIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SENSATION;

EID: 34848891501     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2007.05.025     Document Type: Article

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