The acquisition of perceptual and motor skills: A memory system in the adult human cortex

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 39-48

  Karni, Avi ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

cortex, human; memory; plasticity; procedural learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN CORTEX; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMANS; MEMORY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTOR SKILLS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030485525     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-6410(96)00039-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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