Robust perceptual learning of faces in the absence of sleep

Vision Research

Volumn 48, Issue 28, 2008, Pages 2785-2792

  Hussain, Zahra ^a   Sekuler, Allison B ^a,b   Bennett, Patrick J ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consolidation; Face identification; Perceptual learning; Plasticity; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55649112690     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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