Enhanced contrast sensitivity in auditory cortex as cats learn to discriminate sound frequencies

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 171-184

  Witte, Russell S ^a   Kipke, Daryl R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cat auditory cortex; Cochlear implant; Electrophysiology; Learning induced plasticity; Multielectrode arrays; Operant conditioning

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN CORTEX; CAT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HEARING ACUITY; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RECORDING; REINFORCEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

EID: 16844372473     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogbrainres.2004.10.018     Document Type: Article

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