Learning-dependent plasticity with and without training in the human brain

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 30, 2010, Pages 13503-13508

  Zhang, Jiaxiang ^a,b   Kourtzi, Zoe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain imaging; Contour integration; Shape perception; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; BRAIN FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LEARNING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING; VISUAL MEMORY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

BRAIN; EYE MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955800760     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1002506107     Document Type: Article

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