Output details
15 - General Engineering
University of Leicester
Article title
Human single-neuron responses at the threshold of conscious recognition
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Article number
-
Volume number
105
Issue number
9
First page of article
3599
ISSN of journal
0027-8424
Year of publication
2008
URL
-
Number of additional authors
4
Additional information
This paper describes the responses of single neurons in human subjects –implanted with intracranial electrodes for clinical reasons– to picture presentations. We show that single neurons fired only upon recognition, thus giving a strong neural correlate of conscious perception. The paper was covered in several press releases (including La Recherche and United Press International), it was featured in the Research Highlights from Nature Reviews Neuroscience, and it was selected as one of the “Breaking news in Neuroscience” by the federation of European Neuroscience Societies (fENS) in 2008. A project building up from these results was funded by MRC (£367k).
Interdisciplinary
Yes
Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
A - Bioengineering
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
-
