Perceptual decisions require the transformation of raw sensory inputs into cortical
representations suitable for stimulus discrimination. One of the best-known examples of this …

Perceptual learning, improvement in discriminative ability as a consequence of training, is
one of the forms of sensory system plasticity that has driven profound changes in our …

Amblyopia is a neuro-developmental disorder characterised by several functional
impairments in spatial vision even with the best optical correction. There is evidence that …

Achieving high-level skills is generally considered to require intense training, which is
thought to optimally engage neuronal plasticity mechanisms. Recent work, however …

The right decision today may be the wrong decision tomorrow. We live in a world in which
expectations, contingencies, and goals continually evolve and change. Thus, decisions do …

We can improve human vision by correcting the optics of our lenses [1–3]. However, after the
eye transduces the light, visual cortex has its own limitations that are challenging to correct …

During the past two decades growing evidence indicates that brain oscillations in the alpha
band (~ 10 Hz) not only reflect an “idle” state of cortical activity, but also take a more active …

Experience-dependent plasticity is closely linked with the development of sensory function.
Beyond this sensitive period, developmental plasticity is actively limited; however, new …

Visual crowding, the difficulty of recognizing elements when surrounded by similar items, is
a widely studied perceptual phenomenon and a trademark characteristic of peripheral …

Amblyopia is a visual disorder due to an abnormal pattern of functional connectivity of the
visual cortex and characterized by several visual deficits of spatial vision including …