Orientation selective neurons in the primary visual cortex typically respond to a range of orientations that covers 20 degrees or more, while in psychophysical experiments, orientation bandwidth is often clearly narrower. Here, we measure the orientation specificity of perceptual learning for vernier discriminations. More than 70 observers, in separate groups, practiced a vernier discrimination...

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SESSION VI: Animal Models Joseph Buxbaum July 23, 2015 // 12:00 pm EST Course Materials The purpose of these materials is to help provide an introduction to the Summer Institute session on animal models. The materials were designed to prepare trainees who are unfamiliar with research using animal models with the general background to get the most educational benefit from Dr. Buxbaum’s presenta...

In organized orientation programs for newly recruited medical interns of the Nippon Medical School Hospital, the working committee of the clinical simulation laboratory introduced a laboratory training session that was designed to improve the clinical skills of the medical interns. The session consisted of 6 training courses, comprising internal examination, tracheal intubation, auscultation of...

Using a series of examples, in this exercise session you will familiarise yourselves with the Naive Bayes Classi er and Support Vector Machines. This exercise sheet is available at http://www.gatsby.ucl.ac.uk/~dino/ lab/handout.pdf

BACKGROUND Knowledge of the variability of a measurement method is essential for its clinical application. We investigated the variability of shunt flow measurements, since this is a relatively neglected area in the literature. In particular, no direct comparison of between-session and within-session variability was available until now. METHODS During two consecutive dialysis sessions, shunt ...

BACKGROUND Some studies suggest better overall outcomes when right unilateral electroconvulsive therapy (RUL ECT) is given with an ultrabrief, rather than brief, pulse width. METHODS The aim of the study was to test if ultrabrief-pulse RUL ECT results in less cognitive side effects than brief- pulse RUL ECT, when given at doses which achieve comparable efficacy. One hundred and two participan...