Motion perceptual learning: When only task-relevant information is learned

Journal of Vision

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Huang, Xuan ^a   Lu, Hongjing ^b   Tjan, Bosco S ^c   Zhou, Yifeng ^a   Liu, Zili ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Detection; Direction; Discrimination; Motion; Perceptual learning; Random dots; Specificity; Tuning function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMAN; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY;

ADULT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMANS; LEARNING; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 34547479702     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/7.10.14     Document Type: Article

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