Sensory integration dynamics in a hierarchical network explains choice probabilities in cortical area MT

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Wimmer, Klaus ^a   Compte, Albert ^a   Roxin, Alex ^a,b   Peixoto, Diogo ^c,d   Renart, Alfonso ^c   De La Rocha, Jaime ^a  

^a INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^b CENTRE DE RECERCA MATEMÀTICA   (Spain)

^c CHAMPALIMAUD CENTRE FOR THE UNKNOWN   (Portugal)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION CORTEX; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; DECOMPOSITION; HAPLORHINI; MODEL; NERVE CELL; NOISE; PROBABILITY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RHESUS MONKEY; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; NERVE NET; NEURONS; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROBABILITY; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84933586365     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7177     Document Type: Article

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