Visual perceptual learning

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 145-151

  Lu, Zhong Lin ^a   Hua, Tianmiao ^b   Huang, Chang Bing ^a   Zhou, Yifeng ^c   Dosher, Barbara Anne ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ANHUI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Feedback; Mechanisms of perceptual learning; Models of perceptual learning; Perceptual learning; Visual rehabilitation, amblyopia

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NOISE REDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTUAL LEARNING; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79951768819     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2010.09.010     Document Type: Article

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