Decoding Reveals Plasticity in V3A as a Result of Motion Perceptual Learning

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Shibata, Kazuhisa ^a   Chang, Li Hung ^a   Kim, Dongho ^a   Náñez Sr , José E ^b   Kamitani, Yukiyasu ^c   Watanabe, Takeo ^a   Sasaki, Yuka ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COGNITION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; TRAINING; VISION; VISUAL AREA V3; VISUAL PERCEPTUAL LEARNING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865460200     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044003     Document Type: Article

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