A Bayesian perceptual model replicates the cutaneous rabbit and other tactile spatiotemporal illusions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Goldreich, Daniel ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; ILLUSION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIAL SUMMATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ILLUSION; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; TOUCH; VELOCITY; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DECISION MAKING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BRAIN; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; ILLUSIONS; JUDGMENT; PERCEPTION; RABBITS; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; TIME FACTORS; TOUCH;

EID: 41549122852     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000333     Document Type: Article

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