Stochastic Transitions between States of Neural Activity

The Dynamic Brain: An Exploration of Neuronal Variability and Its Functional Significance

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Miller, Paul ^a   Katz, Donald B ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attractor; Decision making; Gustatory cortex; Hidden markov modeling; Stochastic resonance; Taste processing; Timing; Transitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920753120     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195393798.003.0002     Document Type: Chapter

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