Population coding with motion energy filters: The impact of correlations

Neural Computation

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 146-175

  Klam, F ^a   Zemel, R S ^b   Pouget, A ^c  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MOTION PERCEPTION; NERVE NET; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 37749035968     PISSN: 08997667     EISSN: 1530888X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/neco.2008.20.1.146     Document Type: Article

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