Prolonged perceptual learning of positional acuity in adult amblyopia: Perceptual template retuning dynamics

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 52, 2008, Pages 14223-14229

  Li, Roger W ^a,b   Klein, Stanley A ^a   Levi, Dennis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Classification image; Critical period; Plasticity; Positional acuity; Visual learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NOISE REDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149396228     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4271-08.2008     Document Type: Article

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