Perceptual learning in visual search: Some evidence of specificities

Vision Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 333-345

  Ellison, Amanda ^a,b   Walsh, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Parietal cortex; Perceptual learning; Plasticity; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; ROTATION; SIZE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032008311     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(97)00195-8     Document Type: Article

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