Visual neuroscience research in China

Science China Life Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 363-373

  Yao, HaiShan ^a   Lu, HaiDong ^a   Wang, Wei ^a  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People s Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Contextual modulation; Eye movement; Feature binding; Feedback; Functional brain imaging; Motion processing; Perceptual learning; Visual cortices; Visual development and senescence

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; LEARNING; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE DEGENERATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

AGING; ANIMALS; FEEDBACK; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; LEARNING; MOTION PERCEPTION; NERVE DEGENERATION; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77951963883     PISSN: 16747305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-010-0071-y     Document Type: Review

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