Orientation specificity of learning vernier discriminations

Vision Research

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 479-485

  Spang, K ^a   Grimsen, C ^a   Herzog, M H ^b   Fahle, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Complex cells; Early vision; Human psychophysics; Hyperacuity; Orientation bandwidth; Spatial filters; Vernier acuity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; FUNCTIONS OF THE SENSE ORGANS AND THE SENSORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PERCEPTUAL LEARNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; ADULT; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION;

ADULT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROTATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251557020     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: 18785646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2009.12.008     Document Type: Article

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