Neural encoding and integration of learned probabilistic sequences in avian sensory-motor circuitry

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 45, 2013, Pages 17710-17723

  Bouchard, Kristofer E ^a,b   Brainard, Michael S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BAYES THEOREM; CONVERGENCE PROBABILITY; FINCH; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SINGING; SPIKE WAVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN; FINCHES; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PROBABILITY LEARNING; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84887041912     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2181-13.2013     Document Type: Article

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