Assessing the applied benefits of perceptual training: Lessons from studies of training working-memory

Journal of Vision

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Jacoby, Nori ^a   Ahissar, Merav ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Generalization; Learning transfer; Perceptual learning; Perceptual training; Working memory

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; ORIENTATION; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84940367398     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/15.10.6     Document Type: Article

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