Interference and feature specificity in visual perceptual learning

Vision Research

Volumn 49, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 2611-2623

  Yotsumoto, Yuko ^a,b,c   Chang, Li hung ^a,b   Watanabe, Takeo ^a   Sasaki, Yuka ^b,c,d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d ERATO Shimojo Implicit Brain Function Project   (United States)

Author keywords

Feature specificity; Interference; Perceptual learning; Roving

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTUAL LEARNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349969993     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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