The functional form of performance improvements has been extensively studied in speeded
cognitive and motor tasks; in such tasks, reductions in response times have been …

Training chronic, cortically-blind (CB) patients on a coarse [left-right] direction discrimination
and integration (CDDI) task recovers performance on this task at trained, blind field …

Enhancing reading ability in peripheral vision is important for the rehabilitation of people
with central-visual-field loss from age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Previous …

Damage to the primary visual cortex typically causes cortical blindness (CB) in the hemifield
contralateral to the damaged hemisphere. Recent evidence indicates that visual training can …

Virtual reality (VR) allows us to create visual stimuli that are both immersive and reactive. VR
provides many new opportunities in vision science. In particular, it allows us to present wide …

An emerging view in perceptual learning is that improvements in perceptual sensitivity are
not only due to enhancements in early sensory representations but also due to changes in …

Though practice can lead to improved performance in many domains, it is currently unknown
how practice affects the deployment of selective attention to filter distracting information. We …

Practice in most sensory tasks substantially improves perceptual performance. A hallmark of
this 'perceptual learning'is its specificity for the basic attributes of the trained stimulus and …

People have been writing about perceptual learning and expertise in the chemical senses
for more than a century now, with a particular focus on the world of wine. However, the …

Here, we review the role of top-down attention in both the acquisition and the expression of
perceptual learning, as well as the role of learning in more efficiently guiding attentional …