Is perceptual learning associated with changes in a sensory region?

F1000 Biology Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Choi, Hoon ^a   Watanabe, Takeo ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MIDDLE TEMPORAL COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTUAL LEARNING; RECOGNITION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY SYSTEM; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRIATE CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

EID: 84873121207     PISSN: 17404118     EISSN: 1757594X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3410/B4-24     Document Type: Article

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