Perceptual learning via modification of cortical top-down signals

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1555-1566

  Schäfer, Roland ^a   Vasilaki, Eleni ^a   Senn, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION; NEURONS;

EDGE DETECTORS; FEEDFORWARD INPUT; INPUT STREAMS; LINE EXTRACTION; LINE-SEGMENTS; PERCEPTUAL LEARNING; PRIMARY VISUAL CORTEX; TOP-DOWN SIGNALS; TOPDOWN; VISUAL FEATURE;

LUMINANCE;

ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; LEARNING; NERVE CELL; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PERCEPTION; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PREDICTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HAPLORHINI; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDBACK; HAPLORHINI; LEARNING; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34548441660     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.0030165     Document Type: Article

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