Neural correlates and neural computations in posterior parietal cortex during perceptual decision-making

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue SEPTEMBER, 2012, Pages

  Huk, Alexander ^a   Meister, Miriam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; LIP; Neural correlates; Neurophysiology; Posterior parietal cortex

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ATTENTION; BIOACCUMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL FUNCTION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; LOCOMOTION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; REWARD; RHESUS MONKEY; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SIGNAL DETECTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84867090644     PISSN: 16625145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2012.00086     Document Type: Review

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