Dichotomy in perceptual learning of interval timing: Calibration of mean accuracy and precision differ in specificity and time course

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 344-362

  Sohn, Hansem ^a   Lee, Sang Hun ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bayesian observer model; Mean accuracy and precision; Perceptual learning; Prior and likelihood; Time perception

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BAYESIAN LEARNING; CALIBRATION; EXPERIENCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVAL TIMING; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTUAL LEARNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RESPONSE TIME; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; VELOCITY;

ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; LEARNING; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 84872417564     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01201.2011     Document Type: Article

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