Learning without training

Current Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Beste, Christian ^a   Dinse, Hubert R ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COGNITION; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MOTIVATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSATION;

BRAIN; COGNITION; GOALS; HUMANS; LEARNING; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; LONG-TERM SYNAPTIC DEPRESSION; MOTOR SKILLS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PERCEPTION; SENSATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 84878607317     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.04.044     Document Type: Review

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