Optimal stimulus encoders for natural tasks

Journal of Vision

Volumn 9, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1-16

  Geisler, Wilson S ^a   Najemnik, Jiri ^a   Ing, Almon D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorization; Computational modeling; Perceptual organization; Receptive fields; Structure of natural images

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL SYSTEM;

BAYES THEOREM; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77950366248     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/9.13.1     Document Type: Article

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