From comparison to classification: A cortical tool for boosting perception

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1128-1136

  Nahum, Mor ^a   Daikhin, Luba ^a,b   Lubin, Yedida ^b   Cohen, Yamit ^a   Ahissar, Merav ^a,b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CLASSIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; HEARING; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75749126177     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1781-09.2010     Document Type: Article

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