Perceptual learning and adult cortical plasticity

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 587, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2743-2751

  Gilbert, Charles D ^a   Li, Wu ^a,b   Piech, Valentin ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NERVE CELL; FACILITATION; HUMAN; IMPLICIT MEMORY; LEARNING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA RECEPTIVE FIELD; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; DECLARATIVE MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTUAL LEARNING; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA INJURY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; LEARNING; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PERCEPTION;

EID: 67649659837     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.171488     Document Type: Review

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