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Emilio Salinas, Ph.D.

Emilio Salinas, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Neurobiology & Anatomy
Contact Information
Office:
336-713-5176
Email: esalinas@wakehealth.edu
Education & Training
  BSc University Nacional Auto Mexico-Mexico 1992
  PhD Brandeis University 1996
Fellowship University Nacional Auto Mexico-Mexico 1999
  Howard Hughes Medical Inst 2001
Emilio Salinas, Ph.D.

Emilio Salinas, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Neurobiology & Anatomy
Contact Information
Office:
336-713-5176
Email: esalinas@wakehealth.edu
Research Interests
cognition/learning , neurosciences/behavior
Recent Publications
Shankar S, Massoglia DP, Zhu D, Costello MG, Stanford TR, Salinas E. Tracking the temporal evolution of a perceptual judgment using a compelled-response task. J Neurosci. 2011; 31(23):8406-8421.

Salinas E. Prior and prejudice [comment]. Nat Neurosci. 2011; 14(8):943-945.

Stanford TR, Shankar S, Massoglia DP, Costello MG, Salinas E. Perceptual decision making in less than 30 milliseconds. Nat Neurosci. 2010; 13(3):379-385.

Stanford TR, Salinas E. Clocking perceptual processing speed: from chance to 75% correct in less than 30 milliseconds. Commun Integr Biol. 2010; 3(3):287-289.

Salinas E, Shankar S, Costello MG, Zhu D, Stanford TR. Waiting is the hardest part: comparison of two computational strategies for performing a compelled-response task. Front Comput Neurosci. 2010; 4():153.

Salinas E. Rank-order-selective neurons form a temporal basis set for the generation of motor sequences. J Neurosci. 2009; 29(14):4369-4380.

Salinas E. Neuronal communication: a detailed balancing act [commentary]. Nat Neurosci. 2009; 12(4):372-374.

Salinas E. Gain modulation. In: Squire LR, ed. Encyclopedia of neuroscience, vol 4. Berlin: Elsevier Academic Press; 2009: 485-490.

Bentley NM, Salinas E. Neural coding of spatial representations. In: Squire LR, ed. Encyclopedia of neuroscience, vol 6. Berlin: Elsevier Academic Press; 2009: 117-122.

Salinas E, Bentley NM. Gain modulation as a mechanism for switching reference frames, tasks, and targets. In: Josic K, Rubin J, Matias M, Romo R, eds. Coherent behavior in neuronal networks. New York: Springer; 2009: 121-142.

Salinas E. So many choices: what computational models reveal about decision-making mechanisms. Neuron. 2008; 60(6):946-949.

Salinas E, Romo R. Molecules to remember [comment on Cell 2007; 129(2):397-410]. Cell. 2007; 129(2):245-247.

Salinas E, Bentley NM. A simple measure of the coding efficiency of a neuronal population. Biosystems. 2007; 89(1-3):16-23.

Salinas E. Noisy neurons can certainly compute. Nat Neurosci. 2006; 9(11):1349-1350.

Salinas E. How behavioral constraints may determine optimal sensory representations [online only]. PLoS Biol. 2006; 4(12):e387.
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