Representation of Comparison Signals in Cortical Area MT During a 1 Delayed Direction Discrimination Task
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Representation of Comparison Signals in Cortical Area MT During a 1 Delayed Direction Discrimination Task 2 3 4 Leo L. Lui** and Tatiana Pasternak* 5 6 *Dept oft Neurobiology & Anatomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, 7 NY, USA; 8 **Dept of Physiology, Monash University, Australia 9 , 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 The Running Head 17 Sensory comparisons & perceptual decision in area MT 18 19 20 Contact Information 21 22 Tatiana Pasternak 23 Dept of Neurobiology & Anatomy, Box 603, 24 University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642 25 [email protected] 26 27 28 29 30 Articles in PresS. J Neurophysiol (June 15, 2011). doi:10.1152/jn.00016.2011
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