Rat performance on visual detection task modeled with divisive normalization and adaptive decision thresholds

Journal of Vision

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1-17

  Meier, Philip ^a   Reinagel, Pamela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEUROBIOLOGY SECTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational modeling; Contrast sensitivity; Decision; Detection discrimination; Flanker; Rat

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COGNITION; CONDITIONING; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DECISION MAKING; LONG EVANS RAT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RAT; VISION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 80054705427     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/11.9.1     Document Type: Article

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