This review focuses on covert attention and how it alters early vision. I explain why attention
is considered a selective process, the constructs of covert attention, spatial endogenous and …

Neurological insults, such as congenital blindness, deafness, amputation, and stroke, often
result in surprising and impressive behavioural changes. Cortical reorganisation, which …

The ability of the human brain to learn is exceptional. Yet, learning is typically quite specific
to the exact task used during training, a limiting factor for practical applications such as …

Visual perceptual learning through practice or training can significantly improve
performance on visual tasks. Originally seen as a manifestation of plasticity in the primary …

Visual perceptual learning (VPL) is long-term performance increase resulting from visual
perceptual experience. Task-relevant VPL of a feature results from training of a task on the …

Perceptual learning can be defined as practice-induced improvement in the ability to
perform specific perceptual tasks. We previously proposed the Reverse Hierarchy Theory as …

Behavior varies from trial to trial even when the stimulus is maintained as constant as
possible. In many models, this variability is attributed to noise in the brain. Here, we propose …

The adult brain shows remarkable plasticity, as demonstrated by the improvement in fine
sensorial discriminations after intensive practice. The behavioural aspects of such …

The visual expertise of adult humans is jointly determined by evolution, visual development
and visual perceptual learning. Perceptual learning refers to performance improvements in …

Visual perceptual learning (VPL) is defined as a long-term improvement in performance on a
visual task. In recent years, the idea that conscious effort is necessary for VPL to occur has …