Perceptual learning and top-down influences in primary visual cortex

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 651-657

  Li, Wu ^a   Piëch, Valentin ^a   Gilbert, Charles D ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; EXPERIENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MONKEY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; LEARNING; MACACA MULATTA; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 2542503431     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1255     Document Type: Article

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