Basing perceptual decisions on the most informative sensory neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2266-2273

  Scolari, Miranda ^a   Serences, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957837267     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00273.2010     Document Type: Article

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