Perceptual learning in visual search generalizes over tasks, locations, and eyes

Vision Research

Volumn 40, Issue 21, 2000, Pages 2925-2949

  Sireteanu, Ruxandra ^a   Rettenbach, Regina ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conjunctions; Location; Perceptual learning; Specificity; Stereoanomaly; Task; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; HUMAN; LEARNING; LUMINANCE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0033800599     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(00)00145-0     Document Type: Article

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