Rapid changes in brain structure predict improvements induced by perceptual learning

NeuroImage

Volumn 81, Issue , 2013, Pages 205-212

  Ditye, Thomas ^a   Kanai, Ryota ^a   Bahrami, Bahador ^a   Muggleton, Neil G ^a   Rees, Geraint ^a,b   Walsh, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cortical volume; Perceptual learning; Plasticity; Superior temporal sulcus; Visual search; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTUAL LEARNING; VISUAL STIMULATION; VOLUMETRY; WHITE MATTER; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; IMAGE PROCESSING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878873876     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.05.058     Document Type: Article

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