A distributed, dynamic, parallel computational model: The role of noise in velocity storage

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 390-405

  Karmali, Faisal ^a   Merfeld, Daniel M ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Particle filter; Sensory estimation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NOISE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SIMULATION; VELOCITY; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOVEMENT; NERVE NET; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH;

EID: 84864002417     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00883.2011     Document Type: Article

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