Learning strengthens the response of primary visual cortex to simple patterns

Current Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 573-578

  Furmanski, Christopher S ^a   Schluppeck, Denis ^b   Engel, Stephen A ^c  

^a Hughes Aircraft Co   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; LEARNING; NERVE CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL CORTEX;

HUMANS; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 1842816646     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.03.032     Document Type: Article

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