Human Perceptual Learning by Mental Imagery

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 2081-2085

  Tartaglia, Elisa M ^a   Bamert, Laura ^a,b   Mast, Fred W ^c   Herzog, Michael H ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

SYSNEURO

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; LEARNING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; LEARNING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 72449164996     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.10.060     Document Type: Article

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