Perceptual learning of Gabor orientation identification in visual periphery: Complete inter-ocular transfer of learning mechanisms

Vision Research

Volumn 45, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 2500-2510

  Lu, Zhong Lin ^a   Chu, Wilson ^a   Dosher, Barbara Anne ^b   Lee, Sophia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast gain control reduction; External noise exclusion; Inter ocular transfer; Internal noise reduction; Mechanisms of perceptual learning; Specificity of perceptual learning; Stimulus enhancement; Template returning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTEROCULAR TRANSFER; LEARNING; MEASUREMENT; NOISE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); VISION, MONOCULAR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 22144449257     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2005.04.009     Document Type: Article

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