Perceptual learning and sensomotor flexibility: Cortical plasticity under attentional control?

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1515, 2009, Pages 313-319

  Fahle, Manfred ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Learning; Patients; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; BRAIN; LEARNING; NEUROLOGY; PERCEPTION; SENSORY SYSTEM; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

EID: 58149250408     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0267     Document Type: Review

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