This study examined the effects of visual cortex transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)
on visual processing and learning. Participants performed a contrast detection task on two …

The neural mechanisms underlying behavioral improvement in the detection or
discrimination of visual stimuli following learning are still ill understood. Studies in …

Long‐term potentiation (LTP) of synaptic activity is by far the most popular and widely
researched model of synaptic plastic changes that might occur during learning. Numerous …

Training can improve performance of perceptual tasks. This phenomenon, known as
perceptual learning, is strongest for the trained task and stimulus, leading to a widely …

As we begin to acquire a new motor skill, we face the dual challenge of determining and
refining the somatosensory goals of our movements and establishing the best motor …

Much has been debated about whether the neural plasticity mediating perceptual learning
takes place at the sensory or decision-making stage in the brain. To investigate this, we …

Non-synaptic (intrinsic) plasticity of membrane excitability contributes to aspects of memory
formation, but it remains unclear whether it merely facilitates synaptic long-term potentiation …

Sensory experience is essential for the refinement of neuronal circuits during development
and for learning and memory in the adult brain. Such experience-dependent plasticity is …

The modern field of perceptual learning addresses improvements of sensory and perceptual
functioning in adult observers and provides powerful tools to ameliorate the effects of …

Different neocortical regions are functionally specialized, but whether this specialization is
reflected in the forms of plasticity present during developmental critical periods (CPs) is …