Aging, perceptual learning, and changes in efficiency of motion processing

Vision Research

Volumn 61, Issue , 2012, Pages 144-156

  Bower, Jeffrey D ^a   Andersen, George J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Modeling; Motion; Perceptual efficiency; Perceptual learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MOTION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NOISE; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTUAL LEARNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859853307     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: 18785646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2011.07.016     Document Type: Article

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