Enhancing perceptual learning by combining practice with periods of additional sensory stimulation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 38, 2010, Pages 12868-12877

  Wright, Beverly A ^a   Sabin, Andrew T ^a   Zhang, Yuxuan ^a   Marrone, Nicole ^a   Fitzgerald, Matthew B ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HEARING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 77957201867     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0487-10.2010     Document Type: Article

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