A neural code for three-dimensional object shape in macaque inferotemporal cortex

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1352-1360

  Yamane, Yukako ^a   Carlson, Eric T ^a,b   Bowman, Katherine C ^a,b   Wang, Zhihong ^a   Connor, Charles E ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MACACA; NONHUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; COLOR PERCEPTION; CUES; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 54949090307     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.2202     Document Type: Article

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