Perceptual learning: How much daily training is enough?

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 727-736

  Wright, Beverly A ^a   Sabin, Andrew T ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTION; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOACOUSTICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TEACHING; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 34250838088     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-007-0898-z     Document Type: Article

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