Bounded integration in parietal cortex underlies decisions even when viewing duration is dictated by the environment

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3017-3029

  Kiani, Roozbeh ^a   Hanks, Timothy D ^a   Shadlen, Michael N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bounded accumulation; Direction discrimination; Electrophysiology; Lateral intraparietal area; Leaky accumulation; LIP; Perceptual decision; Psychophysics; Vision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ENTROPY; ENVIRONMENT; EYE MOVEMENTS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; PARIETAL LOBE; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 41149144550     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4761-07.2008     Document Type: Article

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