Geometry of the superior colliculus mapping and efficient oculomotor computation

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 279-292

  Tabareau, Nicolas ^a   Bennequin, Daniel ^b   Berthoz, Alain ^a   Slotine, Jean Jacques ^c   Girard, Benoît ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE MATHÉMATIQUES DE JUSSIEU   (France)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational model; Saccades; Spatio temporal transformation; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUROLOGY; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

COLLICULUS MAPPING; COMPUTATIONAL MODELS; OCULOMOTOR COMPUTATION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EYE MOVEMENTS;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE MOVEMENT; HAPLORHINI; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INNERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EYE MOVEMENTS; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SACCADES; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 34948860043     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: 14320770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00422-007-0172-2     Document Type: Article

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