Transfer of object learning across distinct visual learning paradigms

Journal of Vision

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Baeck, Annelies ^a   Op de Beeck, Hans P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Learning; Masking; Object recognition; Simultaneous noise addition; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONDITIONING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARTIFACTS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955474759     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/10.2.17     Document Type: Article

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