Neural changes with tactile learning reflect decision-level reweighting of perceptual readout

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 5387-5398

  Sathian, K ^a,b,c   Deshpande, Gopikrishna ^d   Stilla, Randall ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

BRAIN MAPPING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PARIETAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877093741     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3482-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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