Distinct encoding of spatial and nonspatial visual information in parietal cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 5671-5680

  Freedman, David J ^a,b   Assad, John A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN REGION; CATEGORIZATION TASK; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ERYTHROCYTE SHAPE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LATERAL INTRAPARIETAL AREA; MACACA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL INFORMATION;

ANIMALS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 65649150327     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2878-08.2009     Document Type: Article

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