Behavioral and Prefrontal Representation of Spatial Proportions in the Monkey

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 1420-1425

  Vallentin, Daniela ^a   Nieder, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

SYSNEURO

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EYE FIXATION; HISTOLOGY; MACACA; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROBABILITY; REACTION TIME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FIXATION, OCULAR; MACACA MULATTA; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROBABILITY; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION;

MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 52049102011     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.08.042     Document Type: Article

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