Task precision at transfer determines specificity of perceptual learning

Journal of Vision

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Jeter, Pamela E ^a   Dosher, Barbara Anne ^a   Petrov, Alexander ^b   Lu, Zhong Lin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Perceptual learning; Precision; Specificity; Task difficulty; Transfer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 62149126663     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/9.3.1     Document Type: Article

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