The role of category learning in the acquisition and retention of perceptual expertise: A behavioral and neurophysiological study

Brain Research

Volumn 1210, Issue , 2008, Pages 204-215

  Scott, Lisa S ^a   Tanaka, James W ^b   Sheinberg, David L ^c   Curran, Tim ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorization; Event related potential; Perceptual expertise

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

EID: 42749090252     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.02.054     Document Type: Article

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