| Journal
Papers |
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| Niebur, E. (2002). Electrophysiological correlates of synchronous neural activity and attention: a short review. Biosystems, in press. |
| plymouth-newbib.pdf |
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| Parkhurst, D. & Niebur, E. (2002a). Variable resolution displays: a theoretical,
practical and behavioral evaluation. Human Factors, in press. |
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| Parkhurst, D. & Niebur, E. (2002b). Scene content selected by active vision.
Spatial Vision, in press. |
| sfatgaze3.pdf |
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| Mikula, S. & Niebur, E. (2002). The effects of input rate and synchrony on a
coincidence detector: Analytical solution. Neural Computation, in press. |
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| Niebur, E., Hsiao, S. S., & Johnson, K. O. (2002). Synchrony: a neuronal
mechanism for attentional selection?. Current Opinion In Neurobiology,
12 (2), 190-194. |
| nb120209.pdf |
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| Parkhurst, D., Law, K., & Niebur, E. (2002). Modelling the role of salience
in the allocation of visual selective attention. Vision Research, 42 (1),
107-123. |
| parkhurst_etal02.pdf |
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| Niebur, E. (2001). Sensorimotor contingencies do not replace internal representations, and mastery is not necessary for perception. Behavioral and
Brain Sciences, 24 (5). |
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| Niebur, E. et al. (2001). Research, robots, and reality: A statement on current
trends in biorobotics. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 24 (6). |
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| Steinmetz, P. N., Roy, A., Fitzgerald, P., Hsiao, S. S., Johnson, K. O., & Niebur, E. (2000). Attention modulates synchronized neuronal firing in primate
somatosensory cortex. Nature, 404, 187-190. |
| final.pdf |
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| Roy, A., Steinmetz, P. N., Johnson, K. O., & Niebur, E. (2000a). Model-free detection of synchrony in neuronal spike trains, with an application to
primate somatosensory cortex. Neurocomputing, 32-33, 1103-1108. |
| cns.pdf |
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| Roy, A., Steinmetz, P. N., & Niebur, E. (2000b). Rate limitations of unitary
event analysis. Neural Computation, 12 (9), 2063-2082. |
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| Itti, L., Niebur, E., & Koch, C. (1998). A model of saliency-based fast visual
attention for rapid scene analysis. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis
and Machine Intelligence, 20 (11), 1254-1259. |
| pami_2col.pdf |
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| Niebur, E. & Usher, M. (1997). 'tis all in pieces: (separate rfs and cfs, and) all
coherence's gone. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 20 (4), 693. |
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| Niebur, E. (1997). From living eyes to seeing machines (book review). Trends
in Cognitive Sciences, 1 (5), 195-196. |
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| Usher, M. & Niebur, E. (1996). A neural model for parallel, expectation-driven
attention for objects. J. Cognitive Neuroscience, 8 (3), 305-321. |
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| Schuster, H. G., Niebur, E., Hunt, E. R., Johnson, G. A., & Locher, M. (1996). Parametric feedback resonance in chaotic systems. Physical Review Let-
ters, 76, 400-403. |
| schuster_etal96prl.pdf |
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| Stemmler, M., Usher, M., & Niebur, E. (1995). Lateral interactions in primary
visual cortex: A model bridging physiology and psychophysics. Science,
269, 1877-1880. |
| scirev5.pdf |
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| Brettle, D. & Niebur, E. (1994). A detailed simulator of a biological neural network implemented on a massively parallel supercomputer. IEEE Com-
putational Science and Engineering, 1 (4), 31-43. |
| brettle-niebur.pdf |
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| Niebur, E. & Worgotter, F. (1994). Design principles of columnar organization
in visual cortex. Neural Computation, 6, 602-614. |
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| Niebur, E. & Koch, C. (1994). A model for the neuronal implementation of
selective visual attention based on temporal correlation among neurons.
Journal of Computational Neuroscience, 1 (1), 141-158. |
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| Niebur, E. (1994a). Kognitive Modellierung. Kunstliche Intelligenz, 4, 41-42.
(invited Short Review; in German). |
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| Niebur, E. (1994b). Computational neuroscience. Kunstliche Intelligenz, 4,
46-47. (invited Short Review; in German). |
| compneur.pdf |
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| Usher, M., Schuster, H. G., & Niebur, E. (1993). Dynamics of populations of
integrate-and-fire neurons, partial synchronization and memory. Neural
Computation, 5, 570-586. |
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| Worgotter, F. & Niebur, E. (1993). Cortical column design: a link between
maps of preferred orientation and orientation tuning strength. Biological
Cybernetics, 70, 1-13. |
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| Niebur, E., Koch, C., & Rosin, C. (1993). An oscillation-based model for the
neural basis of attention. Vision Research, 33, 2789-2802. |
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| Niebur, E. & Erdos, P. (1993a). Theory of the locomotion of nematodes: control
of the somatic motor neurons by interneurons. Mathematical Biosciences,
118, 51-82. |
| neural-paper.pdf |
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| Niebur, E. & Erdos, P. (1993b). Modeling locomotion and its neural control in
nematodes. Comments in Theoretical Biology, 3 (2), 109-139. |
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| Worgotter, F., Niebur, E., & Koch, C. (1992). Generation of direction selectivity
by isotropic intracortical connections. Neural Computation, 4 (2), 332-340. |
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| Erdos, P. & Niebur, E. (1992). Fonalfergek helyvaltoztatasanakk neuralis lapja
(in Hungarian; English title as translated by journal: The neural basis of
nematode worms' creeping). Fizikai szemle, 42 (7), 257-263. |
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| Worgotter, F., Niebur, E., & Koch, C. (1991). Isotropic connections generate
functional asymmetrical behavior in visual cortical cells. J. Neurophysiol.,
66 (2), 444-459. |
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| Niebur, E., Schuster, H. G., & Kammen, D. (1991a). Collective frequencies
and metastability in networks of limit cycle oscillators with time delay.
Physical Review Letters, 67 (20), 2753-2756. |
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| Niebur, E., Schuster, H. G., Kammen, D., & Koch, C. (1991b). Oscillator phase
coupling for diferent two-dimensional network connectivities. Physical
Review A, 44 (10), 6895-6904. |
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| Niebur, E. & Niebur, D. (1991). Numerical implementation of sealed-end boundary conditions in cable theory. IEEE-Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 38 (2), 1266-1271. |
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| Niebur, E. & Erdos, P. (1991). Theory of the locomotion of nematodes: Dynamics of undulatory progression on a solid surface. Biophysical Journal,
60, 1132-1146. |
| comm-theor-biol.pdf |
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| Niebur, E. (1989). Tout ce que vous avez toujours voulu savoir sur le 'X' sans
jamais avoir ose le demander (in French). Computer Forum, 6, 33-38. |
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| Niebur, E. & Solyom, J. (1988). Improved mean-field-like renormalisation group
approach for Z(q) symmetric spin models. Journal of Physics A: Mathe-
matical and General, 21, 539-546. |
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| Niebur, E. & Solyom, J. (1987). Mean-field-like variational and renormalisation
group studies of (1+1)-dimensional spin models. Journal of Physics A:
Mathematical and General, 20, 2949-2959. |
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| Book
Chapters |
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| Niebur, E., Itti, L., & Koch, C. (2001). Controlling the focus of visual selective
attention. In Van Hemmen, J. L., Cowan, J. D., & Domany, E. (Eds.),
Models of Neural Networks IV: Early Vision and Attention, pp. 247-276.
Springer Verlag, New York. |
| paper.pdf |
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| Usher, M. & Niebur, E. (1999). Mental representations: A computationalneuroscience scheme. In Riegler, A. & Peschl, M. (Eds.), Understanding
Representation in the Cognitive Sciences, pp. 135-143. Kluwer Academic
Publishers, Norwell, MA. |
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| Niebur, E. & Koch, C. (1998). Computational architectures for attention. In
Parasuraman, R. (Ed.), The Attentive Brain, chap. 9, pp. 163-186. MIT
Press, Cambridge, MA. |
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| Usher, M., Stemmler, M., & Niebur, E. (1996). The role of lateral connections in visual cortex: dynamics and information processing. In Sirosh, J.,
Mikkulainen, R., & Choe, Y. (Eds.), Lateral Interactions in the Cortex.
The UTCS Neural Networks Research Group, Austin, Texas. Electronic
book, ISBN 0-9647060-0-8, http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/nn/web-pubs/htmlbook96. |
| elecbook.pdf |
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| Maeder, A., Diederich, J., & Niebur, E. (1996). Limiting human perception for
image sequences (invited paper). In Rogowitz, B. E. & Allebach, J. P.
(Eds.), Human Vision and Electronic Imaging, Vol. 2657 of Proceedings
of the SPIE, pp. 330-337. SPIE - The International Society for Optical
Engineering. |
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| Niebur, E. & Erdos, P. (1995). Control of the undulatory motion of vermiform
robots. In Zobrist, G. & Ho, C. V. (Eds.), Robotics and Intelligent Systems,
Vol. 3, chap. 2, pp. 51-84. Ablex Publ. Co., Norwood NJ. |
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| Niebur, E. & Koch, C. (1994). Models for the neurophysiological basis of attention based on the temporal structure of neural signals. In Elbert, T.,
Lutkenhoner, B., & Pantev, C. (Eds.), Oscillatory event related brain dy-
namics, pp. 295-309. Plenum Press, London. |
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| Niebur, E., Schuster, H. G., & Kammen, D. M. (1992). Systems of relaxation
oscillators with time-delayed coupling. In Taylor, J., Caianiello, E., Cot-
terill, R., & Clark, J. (Eds.), Neural Network Dynamics, pp. 226-233.
Springer Verlag, London-Berlin-New York. |
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| Niebur, E., Worgotter, F., & Koch, C. (1991a). The Caltech Computer Cat:
a ne-grain simulator of the primary visual system of cat. Annales du
CARNAC, 4, 1-7. |
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| Niebur, E., Kammen, D. M., & Koch, C. (1991b). Phase locking in 1-D and 2-D
networks of oscillating neurons. In Schuster, H. (Ed.), Nonlinear Dynamics
and Neuronal Networks, pp. 173-204. VCH Verlag, Weinheim. |
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| Worgotter, F., Niebur, E., & Koch, C. (1990). Modeling visual cortex: Hidden
anisotropies in an isotropic inhibitory connection scheme. In Eckmiller,
R. (Ed.), Advanced Neural Computers, pp. 87-94. Elsevier Science Publ.
B.V. |
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| Erdos, P. & Niebur, E. (1990). The neural basis of the locomotion of nematodes.
In Garrido, L. (Ed.), Lecture Notes in Physics, Vol. 368, pp. 253-267.
Springer-Verlag, Berlin and Heidelberg. |
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| Niebur, E. & Erdos, P. (1988). Computer simulation of networks of electrotonic
neurons. In Cotterill, R. (Ed.), Computer Simulation in Brain Science,
pp. 148-163. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. |
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| Czycholl, G., Keiter, H., & Niebur, E. (1982). Infinite order Brillouin-Wigner
perturbation theory of the mixed valent impurity. In Wachter, P. (Ed.),
Valence Instabilities. North Holland, Amsterdam. |
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| Recent
Abstracts, Conference Proceedings, Theses |
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| Indiveri, G., Horiuchi, T., Niebur, E., & Douglas, R. (2001). A competitive
network of spiking VLSI neurons. In Proceedings of World Congress on
Neuroinformatics. Vienna. |
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| Mikula, S. & Niebur, E. (2001). Large-scale cortical organization of the macaque.
In Proceedings of World Congress on Neuroinformatics. Vienna. |
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| Mikula, S., Horiuchi, T., Niebur, E., & Johnson, K. O. (2000). A comparison of
deterministic and probabilistic synaptic depression: implications for cross-
correlation detection. In Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., Vol. 26, p. 1383. Society
for Neuroscience, New Orleans. |
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| Marsalek, P., Brankack, J., & Niebur, E. (2000). Attentive selection based on
synchronized spike trains. In Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., Vol. 26, p. 951. Society
for Neuroscience, New Orleans. |
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| Parkhurst, D. & Niebur, E. (2000). Bottom-up attentional control of eye movements: modeling the role of visual salience. In Soc. Neurosci. Abstr.,
Vol. 26, p. 1074. Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans. |
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| Niebur, E. (2000). Separate but equal: Different kinds of information require
different neural representations. In Bothe, H. (Ed.), Proceedings of the In-
ternational Congress on Intelligent Systems and Applications (ISA-BIS),
pp. 1544-9 Wetaskiwin, Canada. ICSC Academic Press. |
| australia-2000.pdf |
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| Parkhurst, D., Culurciello, E., & Niebur, E. (2000a). Intact visual search performance with variable resolution displays: Effects of low resolution in the
peripheral visual field. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 94a(suppl.),
36-37. |
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| Parkhurst, D., Culurciello, E., & Niebur, E. (2000b). Evaluating variable resolution displays with visual search: Task performance and eye movements.
In Proceedings of the ACM Eye Tracking Reseach and Applications Sym-
posium, pp. 105-109 New York, NY. ACM. |
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| Parkhurst, D., Law, K., & Niebur, E. (2000c). Testing a saliency-based model
of visual selective attention using eye movements. In Proceedings and
Abstracts of the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association,
Vol. 71, p. 66 Lawrenceville, NJ. Eastern Psychological Association. |
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| Domanski, Z., Erdos, P., Haley, S. B., & Niebur, E. (2000). Chemotactic aggregation of an ensemble of identical living organisms in one dimension. In
16th IMACS WORLD CONGRESS 200 on Scientific Computation, Ap-
plied Mathematics and Simulation, pp. 1-8 Lausanne, Switzerland. Swiss
Federal Institute of Technology. |
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| Steinmetz, P., Roy, A., Fitzgerald, P., Hsiao, S., Niebur, E., & Johnson, K. O.
(1999). Synchronous firing in the second somatosensory cortex covaries
with the attentional state of alert monkey. In Gazzaniga, M. S. (Ed.),
Cognitive Neuroscience Society, 6th Ann. Meeting Washington, D.C. Cog-
nitive Neuroscience Society. |
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| Niebur, E. & et al (1999). Modeling selective attention. In Elsner, N. & Eysel,
U. (Eds.), From Molecular Neurobiology to Clinical Neuroscience, Vol. 1 of
Proceedings of the 1st Gottingen conference of the German Neuroscience
Society, p. 151. |
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| Niebur, E., Roy, A., Steinmetz, P. N., Fitzgerald, P., Hsiao, S., & Johnson, K.
(1999). Attention-induced changes of synchronous firing in somatosensory
cortex differ between the first and second somatosensory areas. In Soc.
Neurosci. Abstr., Vol. 29, p. 801. |
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| Horiuchi, T. & Niebur, E. (1999). Conjunction search using a 1-d analog VLSI based attentional search/tracking chip. In Wills, S. (Ed.), Proceedings of
the 1999 Conference in Advanced Research in VLSI., pp. 276-90 Georgia
Tech, Atlanta. IEEE. |
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| Usher, M. & Niebur, E. (1997). Active neural representations: neurophysiological data and theoretical implications. In Peschl, M. & Riegler, A. (Eds.),
New Trends in Cognitive Science. University of Vienna, Austria. |
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| Niebur, E. & Koch, C. (1996). Control of selective visual attention: Modeling
the \where" pathway. In Touretzky, D. S., Mozer, M. C., & Hasselmo,
M. E. (Eds.), Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, Vol. 8,
pp. 802-808. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA. |
| nips.pdf |
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| Usher, M. & Niebur, E. (1995). Stimulus-dependent synchronization in a model
of orientation-tuned spiking neurons. In Bower, J. M. (Ed.), Computation
and Neural Systems, Vol. 3, pp. 341-346. Kluwer, Norwell, MA. |
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| Niebur, E. & Koch, C. (1995). Modeling the \where" visual pathway. In Sejnowski, T. J. (Ed.), Proceedings of 2nd Joint Symposium on Neural Com-
putation, Caltech-UCSD, Vol. 5, pp. 26-35. Institute for Neural Compu-
tation, La Jolla. |
| paper1.pdf |
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| Niebur, E. & Brettle, D. (1994). EÆcient simulation of biological neural networks on massively parallel supercomputers with hypercube architecture. |
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| In Cowan, J., Tesauro, G., & Alspector, J. (Eds.), Advances in Neural
Information Processing Systems, Vol. 6, pp. 904-910. Morgan Kaufmann,
San Mateo. |
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| Niebur, E. & Olshausen, B. (1994). Neurophysiology, psychophysics and computational models of visual attention. In Cowan, J., Tesauro, G., & Al-
spector, J. (Eds.), Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems,
Vol. 6, pp. 1167-1168. Morgan Kaufmann, San Mateo. |
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| Niebur, E. & Worgotter, F. (1993). Orientation column structures from first
principles. In Bower, J. M. (Ed.), Computation and Neural Systems,
chap. 62, pp. 409-414. Kluwer, Norwell, MA. |
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| Niebur, E., Worgotter, F., & Koch, C. (1992). Simulating the cat visual system
on the Connection Machine. In Advanced Computing Laboratory, pp. 80-
81. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos. |
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| Niebur, E., Kammen, D., Koch, C., Ruderman, D., & Schuster, H. G. (1991).
Phase coupling in two-dimensional networks of interacting oscillators. In
Touretzky, D. & Lippman, R. (Eds.), Advances in Neural Informations
Processing Systems 3, pp. 123-129. Morgan-Kaufmann, San Mateo, CA. |
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| Niebur, E. & Worgotter, F. (1991). In of the column structure on intracortical long range interactions. In Sayegh, S. (Ed.), Proceedings of
the 3rd Mid-Western Conference on Neural Networks, pp. 67-74. Purdue
Univ. Press, W. Lafayette. |
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| Niebur, E. & Worgotter, F. (1990a). Circular inhibition: a new concept in
long-range interactions in the mammalian visual cortex. In Proc. of the
International Joint Conference on Neural Networks-San Diego, pp. II-367
- II-372. IEEE, Piscataway, NJ. |
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| Niebur, E. & Worgotter, F. (1990b). Sharpening of orientation selective receptive fields in the mammalian visual cortex by long-range interactions.
In Marburger, H. (Ed.), German Workshop on Artificial Intelligence, pp.
125-133. Springer Verlag, Berlin-NewYork. |
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| Niebur, E., Worgotter, F., & Koch, C. (1990). Structure and function of orientation columns in cat visual cortex: A theoretical study. In Sayegh, S.
(Ed.), Proceedings of the 2nd Conference on Neural Networks and Paral-
lel Distributed Processing, pp. 67-74. Purdue Research Foundation Press,
West Lafayette, IN. |
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| Niebur, E. (1988). Theorie du systeme locomoteur et neuronal des Nematodes.
Ph.D. thesis, Universite de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. |
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| Niebur, E. (1982). Brillouin-Wigner Storungsrechnung in zwischenvalenten Systemen. Master's thesis, Universitat Dortmund, Dortmund, W. Germany. |
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