Choice-related activity in the anterior intraparietal area during 3-D structure categorization

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1104-1115

  Verhoef, Bram Ernst ^a,b   Michelet, Pascal ^a   Vogels, Rufin ^a   Janssen, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR INTRAPARIETAL AREA; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; DECISION MAKING; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; WHITE MATTER; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; MICROELECTRODE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOMETRY; REACTION TIME; RHESUS MONKEY; VISION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; JUDGMENT; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; NEURONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARIETAL LOBE; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84928723389     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00773     Document Type: Article

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