Perceptual learning of motion leads to faster flicker perception

PLoS ONE

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Seitz, Aaron R ^a   Nanez Sr , Jose E ^b   Holloway, Steve R ^b   Watanabe, Takeo ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; EYE TRACKING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

ADULT; FLICKER FUSION; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55149103553     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000028     Document Type: Article

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