Learning not to generalize: Modular adaptation of visuomotor gain

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2938-2952

  Pearson, Toni S ^a   Krakauer, John W ^a   Mazzoni, Pietro ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVOUS SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TEACHING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953498304     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01089.2009     Document Type: Article

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