Neural integrators for decision making: A favorable tradeoff between robustness and sensitivity

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2542-2559

  Cain, Nicholas ^a   Barreiro, Andrea K ^a   Shadlen, Michael ^a   Shea Brown, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Neural integrator

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROSCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

DECISION MAKING; NEURAL INTEGRATOR;

DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84878525516     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00976.2012     Document Type: Article

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