A proposed common neural mechanism for categorization and perceptual decisions

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 143-146

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULUS; VISION;

BRAIN; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; PERCEPTION;

EID: 79251582553     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.2740     Document Type: Conference Paper

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