Flexible categorization of relative stimulus strength by the optic tectum

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 7745-7752

  Mysore, Shreesh P ^a   Knudsen, Eric I ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CATEGORIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; GAZE; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; OWL; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; STRIGIFORMES; SUPERIOR COLLICULI;

EID: 79957646613     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5425-10.2011     Document Type: Article

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