Neural correlates of perceptual learning in a sensory-motor, but not a sensory, cortical area

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 505-513

  Law, Chi Tat ^a   Gold, Joshua I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LEARNING; MONKEY; MOTION; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TRAINING; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; MACACA MULATTA; MOTION PERCEPTION; PARIETAL LOBE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 41149146041     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn2070     Document Type: Article

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