Cortical plasticity in perceptual learning demonstrated by transcranial magnetic stimulation

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 363-367

  Walsh, Vincent ^a   Ashbridge, Elisabeth ^a   Cowey, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cortical plasticity; Perceptual learning; TMS; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PARIETAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0032052086     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(97)00113-9     Document Type: Article

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