Behavioral demand modulates object category representation in the inferior temporal cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2628-2637

  Emadi, Nazli ^a,b,c   Esteky, Hossein ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN FUNDAMENTAL SCIENCES IPM   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral demand; Inferior temporal cortex; Object category; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL DEMAND; BODY IMAGE; BRAIN CELL; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL MONKEY; EYE POSITION; EYE TRACKING; FORCED CHOICE METHOD; INFERIOR TEMPORAL CORTEX; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; REWARD; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; DECISION MAKING; EYE FIXATION; MACACA; NERVE CELL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FIXATION, OCULAR; MACACA; MALE; NEURONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REWARD; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84910125226     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00761.2013     Document Type: Article

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