Basing perceptual decisions on the most informative sensory neurons 1
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1 Miranda Scolari and John T. Serences 2 Department of Psychology, University of California, San Diego, USA 3 4 Running title: Making informed perceptual decisions 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Correspondence: 24 University of California, San Diego 25 9500 Gilman Drive #0109 26 La Jolla, CA, 92093-0109 27 Email: [email protected] 28 Articles in PresS. J Neurophysiol (July 14, 2010). doi:10.1152/jn.00273.2010
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