Perceptual learning without feedback in non-stationary contexts: Data and model

Vision Research

Volumn 46, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 3177-3197

  Petrov, Alexander A ^a   Dosher, Barbara Anne ^a   Lu, Zhong Lin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Feedback; Hebbian learning; Neural networks; Orientation discrimination; Perceptual learning; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MODEL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTUAL LEARNING; PERFORMANCE; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33745948722     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2006.03.022     Document Type: Article

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