Effects of trial repetition in texture discrimination

Vision Research

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1094-1102

  Ofen, Noa ^a,b   Moran, Anan ^b,c   Sagi, Dov ^a,b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Perceptual learning; Spatial vision; Texture discrimination

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT INTENSITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOUCH; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33947287225     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2007.01.023     Document Type: Article

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