Neural Mechanisms of Speed-Accuracy Tradeoff

Neuron

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 616-628

  Heitz, Richard P ^a   Schall, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; MACACA; MOTOR SYSTEM; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

ANIMALS; HAPLORHINI; MACACA; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84868660377     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2012.08.030     Document Type: Article

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