Versatile perceptual learning of textures after variable exposures

Vision Research

Volumn 61, Issue , 2012, Pages 89-94

  Hussain, Zahra ^a   Bennett, Patrick J ^b,c   Sekuler, Allison B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Double training; Generalization; Identification; Perceptual learning; Roving; Specificity; Texture; Transfer; Variability

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTUAL LEARNING; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEXTURE; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HUMANS; LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860851492     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: 18785646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2012.01.005     Document Type: Article

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