An optimal decision population code that accounts for correlated variability unambiguously predicts a subject's choice

Neuron

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1532-1543

  Carnevale, Federico ^a   deLafuente, Victor ^b   Romo, Ranulfo ^b,c   Parga, Néstor ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c EL COLEGIO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAPLORHINI; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SECONDARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPIKE WAVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84890450159     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2013.09.023     Document Type: Article

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