Eric I. Knudsen
Emeritus Professor
Neurobiology
Stanford University
United States of America
Biography
Eric I. Knudsen is an Emeritus Professor in Department of Neurobiology (School of Medicine) at Stanford University,USA.His study focuses on mechanisms of attention and strategies of information processing in the central nervous system of birds (barn owls and chickens), using neurophysiological, pharmacological, anatomical and behavioral techniques.
Research Interest
Techniques in Neuroscience
Publications
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Devarajan Sridharan, Nicholas A. Steinmetz, Tirin Moore, Eric I. Knudsen (2017) Does the Superior Colliculus Control Perceptual Sensitivity or Choice Bias during Attention? Evidence from a Multialternative Decision Framework. J Neurosci 37: 480–511.
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Sridharan D, Knudsen EI (2015) Selective disinhibition: A unified neural mechanism for predictive and post hoc attentional selection. Vision Res 116: 194-209.
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Asadollahi A, Knudsen EI (2016) Spatially precise visual gain control mediated by a cholinergic circuit in the midbrain attention network. Nat Commun 7:13472.
