Stimulus coding rules for perceptual learning

PLoS Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1651-1660

  Zhang, Jun Yun ^a   Kuai, Shu Guang ^a   Xiao, Lu Qi ^a   Klein, Stanley A ^b,c   Levi, Dennis M ^b,c   Yu, Cong ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CODING; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; NERVE CELL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; ADULT; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ADULT; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; HUMANS; LEARNING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 50249096722     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060197     Document Type: Article

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