Adaptive precision pooling of model neuron activities predicts the efficiency of human visual learning

Journal of Vision

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Jacobs, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational modeling; Depth; Learning

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ATTENTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; VISION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ARTIFACTS; ATTENTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 65449150266     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/9.4.22     Document Type: Article

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