We summarize the various strands of research on peripheral vision and relate them to
theories of form perception. After a historical overview, we describe quantifications of the …

Memory consolidation is the hypothetical process in which an item in memory is transformed
into a long-term form. It is commonly addressed at two complementary levels of description …

Amblyopia is a neuro-developmental disorder of the visual cortex that arises from abnormal
visual experience early in life. Amblyopia is clinically important because it is a major cause …

The public pays large sums of money to watch skilled motor performance. Notably, however,
in recent decades motor skill learning (performance improvement beyond baseline levels) …

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 …

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

The field of perceptual learning has identified changes in perceptual templates as a
powerful mechanism mediating the learning of statistical regularities in our environment. By …

Overlearning refers to the continued training of a skill after performance improvement has
plateaued. Whether overlearning is beneficial is a question in our daily lives that has never …

Previous work has demonstrated that action video game training produces enhancements in
a wide range of cognitive abilities. Here we evaluate a possible mechanism by which such …

Visual coding is a highly dynamic process and continuously adapting to the current viewing
context. The perceptual changes that result from adaptation to recently viewed stimuli …