Does eye tremor provide the hyperacuity phenomenon?

Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment

Volumn 2009, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Zozor, Steeve ^a   Amblard, Pierre Olivier ^a   Duchene, Cédric ^a,b  

^a GIPSA LAB   (France)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fluctuations (theory); Neuronal networks (theory)

Indexed keywords

EID: 65449143603     PISSN: 17425468     EISSN: 17425468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-5468/2009/01/P01015     Document Type: Article

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