Attention Alters Visual Plasticity during Exposure-Based Learning

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 555-560

  Gutnisky, Diego A ^a   Hansen, Bryan J ^a   Iliescu, Bogdan F ^a   Dragoi, Valentin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

SYSNEURO

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EYE FIXATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; ORIENTATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MICE; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 64049090750     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.01.063     Document Type: Article

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