Discrimination learning induced by training with identical stimuli

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1446-1448

  Amitay, Sygal ^a,b   Irwin, Amy ^a   Moore, David R ^a  

^a MRC INSTITUTE OF HEARING RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULUS; TRAINING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CUES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 33750455513     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1787     Document Type: Article

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