History-dependent variability in population dynamics during evidence accumulation in cortex

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1672-1681

  Morcos, Ari S ^a   Harvey, Christopher D ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BRAIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; C57BL MOUSE; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSIOLOGY; RHESUS MONKEY; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; PARIETAL LOBE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SACCADES;

EID: 84989880517     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.4403     Document Type: Article

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