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Building Object Representations: Mechanisms Of Perceptual Learning In Human Visual Cortex, Stephanie M. Long
Building Object Representations: Mechanisms Of Perceptual Learning In Human Visual Cortex, Stephanie M. Long
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Extensive literature in the cognitive neurosciences has been dedicated to understanding the neural processes involved in object category learning. However, much remains to be learned regarding the mechanisms by which high-level visual patterns are extracted from a crowded visual scene, segregated into discrete object categories, and represented in the cortical visual hierarchy. Here, we used event-related potentials (ERPs) to investigate the neural underpinnings of visual object category extraction in a cluttered visual environment. Electroencephalography (EEG) was continuously recorded while subjects were given a hybrid of an object category learning and visual search task. In this hybrid task, a peripheral array …