Variance as a Signature of Neural Computations during Decision Making

Churchland, Anne. K., Kiani, R., Chaudhuri, R., Wang, Xiao-Jing, Pouget, Alexandre, Shadlen, M.N.·2011·Neuron
DOI 10.1016/j.neuron.2010.12.037

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