Decision-related activity in sensory neurons may depend on the columnar architecture of cerebral cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3579-3585

  Nienborg, Hendrikje ^a,b   Cumming, Bruce G ^b  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Choice probability; Decision; Orientation discrimination; Striate cortex; V1

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE POSITION; MACACA; MALE; MICROSACCADE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; STRIATE CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

CHOICE PROBABILITY; DECISION; ORIENTATION DISCRIMINATION; STRIATE CORTEX; V1;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SACCADES; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84895447445     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2340-13.2014     Document Type: Article

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