Temporal precision of neuronal information in a rapid perceptual judgment

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1480-1493

  Ghose, Geoffrey M ^a   Harrison, Ian T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME PERCEPTION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; ENTROPY; EYE MOVEMENT; MACACA; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROC CURVE; TIME; VISUAL CORTEX;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENTROPY; EYE MOVEMENTS; JUDGMENT; MACACA MULATTA; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 64749103454     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.90980.2008     Document Type: Article

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