Reverse hierarchies and sensory learning

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1515, 2009, Pages 285-299

  Ahissar, Merav ^a   Nahum, Mor ^a   Nelken, Israel ^a   Hochstein, Shaul ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anchoring deficit hypothesis; Auditory system; Dyslexia; Perceptual learning; Reverse hierarchy theory; Visual system

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITY; AUDITORY CUE; BRAIN; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; LEARNING; PERCEPTION; SENSORY SYSTEM; TRAINING; VISUAL CUE;

EID: 58149250406     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0253     Document Type: Review

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