Orientation selective or not? - Measuring significance of tuning to a circular parameter

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-9

  Grabska Barwińska, Agnieszka ^a   Ng, Benedict Shien Wei ^a   Jancke, Dirk ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Circular variance; Orientation tuning; Orientation tuning curve; Preferred orientation; Selectivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CODING; COMPUTER MODEL; DIRECTIONAL VISION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TUNING CURVE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORIENTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 81555205807     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.08.026     Document Type: Article

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