Orientation decoding in human visual cortex: New insights from an unbiased perspective

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 8373-8383

  Carlson, Thomas A ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

fMRI decoding; Hyperacuity; Multivariate pattern analysis; Orientation columns; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

FMRI DECODING; HYPERACUITY; MULTIVARIATE PATTERN ANALYSIS; ORIENTATION COLUMNS; VISUAL CORTEX;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORIENTATION; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84902128322     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0548-14.2014     Document Type: Article

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