A strong constraint to the joint processing of pairs of cortical signals

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 45, 2012, Pages 15922-15933

  Ghose, Kaushik ^a   Maunsell, John H R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STRIATE CORTEX; SUMMATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84868550551     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2186-12.2012     Document Type: Article

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