Attention as reward-driven optimization of sensory processing

Neural Computation

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2904-2933

  Chalk, Matthew ^a   Murray, Iain ^b   Seriés, Peggy ^b  

^a Group for Neural Theory   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; HAPLORHINI; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REWARD; VISION;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BRAIN; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; REWARD; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84887330820     PISSN: 08997667     EISSN: 1530888X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/NECO_a_00494     Document Type: Article

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