How mechanisms of perceptual decision-making affect the psychometric function

Progress in Neurobiology

Volumn 103, Issue , 2013, Pages 98-114

  Gold, Joshua I ^a   Ding, Long ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decoding; Perceptual decision; Perceptual learning; Psychometric function; Readout

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THEORY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FRONTAL EYE FIELD; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAPLORHINI; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NOISE; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIGNAL DETECTION; STIMULUS; VISUAL CORTEX;

BRAIN; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 84875941692     PISSN: 03010082     EISSN: 18735118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2012.05.008     Document Type: Review

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