The role of fluctuations in perception

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 591-598

  Deco, Gustavo ^a   Romo, Ranulfo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REVIEW; SENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; NEURONS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

EID: 54249102544     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2008.08.007     Document Type: Review

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