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Antisaccades as decisions: LATER model predicts latency distributions and error responses

  1. I. Noorani,
  2. R. H. S. Carpenter*

Article first published online: 4 NOV 2012

DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12025

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European Journal of Neuroscience

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volume 37, Issue 2, pages 330–338, January 2013

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Noorani, I. and Carpenter, R. H. S. (2013), Antisaccades as decisions: LATER model predicts latency distributions and error responses. European Journal of Neuroscience, 37: 330–338. doi: 10.1111/ejn.12025

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  1. Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

* Correspondence: R. H. S. Carpenter, as above.
E-mail: rhsc1@cam.ac.uk

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 20 JAN 2013
  2. Article first published online: 4 NOV 2012
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 19 SEP 2012
  4. Manuscript Revised: 6 SEP 2012
  5. Manuscript Received: 30 APR 2012

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