Neuronal mechanisms of perceptual learning: Changes in human brain activity with training in orientation discrimination

NeuroImage

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 46-62

  Schiltz, C ^a   Bodart, J M ^a   Dubois, S ^a   Dejardin, S ^a   Michel, C ^a   Roucoux, A ^a   Crommelinck, M ^a   Orban, G A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN STEM; CELL ACTIVITY; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; ORIENTATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS; TRAINING; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0032796357     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nimg.1998.0394     Document Type: Article

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