Neuronal encoding of object and distance information: A model simulation study on naturalistic optic flow processing: Functional analysis on optic flow processing

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn , Issue MARCH, 2012, Pages 1-40

  Hennig, Patrick ^a   Egelhaaf, Martin ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALLIPHORIDAE; CELL FUNCTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FIGURE DETECTION CELL; FLIGHT; GAZE; INTERNEURON; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; OPTIC FLOW; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RESPONSE TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SIMULATION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 84858177581     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2012.00014     Document Type: Article

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