Representation of abstract quantitative rules applied to spatial and numerical magnitudes in primate prefrontal cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 7256-7534

  Eiselt, Anne Kathrin ^a   Nieder, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EYE MOVEMENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RHESUS MONKEY; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; SPIKE WAVE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; DEPTH PERCEPTION; LEARNING; MATHEMATICS; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; LEARNING; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPACE PERCEPTION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876541967     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5827-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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