Attention and perceptual learning modulate contextual influences on visual perception

Neuron

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1191-1197

  Ito, Minami ^a   Westheimer, Gerald ^a   Gilbert, Charles D ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRIGHTNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MACACA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VISION;

EID: 0032102382     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80499-7     Document Type: Article

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