ERP topography and human perceptual learning in the peripheral visual field

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 179-187

  Shoji, Hiroaki ^a   Skrandies, Wolfgang ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortical plasticity; Human visual system; Perceptual learning; Psychophysics; Visual evoked potential (VEP)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TOPOGRAPHY; VISUAL FIELD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOPHYSICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 33745396327     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2005.09.007     Document Type: Article

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