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motion_th: motion direction discrimination

This software implements a motion direction discrimination task. To run it, use either motion_th_teach.m, motion_th_test.m or motion_th_train.m, with their associated params files.

Dependencies

The software requires Matlab and the The Psychtoolbox

License:

Copyright (c) 2012, Ariel Rokem

This software is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported, with the addditional restrictions below. You may use the software in whatever way you choose, but please don't forget to cite our work (below).

Neither the name of the University of California, Berkeley, the University of California, Riverside, Stanford University, nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

References:

  1. A. Rokem and M.A. Silver (2010) Cholinergic enhancement augments magnitude and specificity of visual perceptual learning in healthy humans. Current Biology 20: 1723-1728

  2. A. Rokem and M.A. Silver (2009) A model of encoding and decoding in V1 and MT accounts accounts for motion perception anisotropies in the human visual system. Brain Research 1299: 3-16.

  3. E.A. McDevitt, A. Rokem, M.A. Silver, and S.C. Mednick (in press). Sex differences in sleep-dependent perceptual learning. Vision Research.