Perceptual learning retunes the perceptual template in foveal orientation identification

ZL Lu, BA Dosher - Journal of vision, 2004 - jov.arvojournals.org
What is learned during perceptual learning? We address this question by analyzing how
perceptual inefficiencies improve over the course of perceptual learning (Dosher & Lu …

[HTML][HTML] Perceptual learning of motion direction discrimination in fovea: Separable mechanisms

ZL Lu, W Chu, BA Dosher - Vision Research, 2006 - Elsevier
Dosher and Lu (1998)[Perceptual learning reflects external noise filtering and internal noise
reduction through channel reweighting. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of perceptual learning

BA Dosher, ZL Lu - Vision research, 1999 - Elsevier
Systematic measurements of perceptual learning were performed in the presence of
external or stimulus noise. In the new external noise method (Dosher, B, & Lu, Z.-L.(1997) …

Mechanisms of perceptual learning

ZL Lu, BA Dosher - Learning & perception, 2009 - akjournals.com
What is learned in perceptual learning? How does perceptual learning change the
perceptual system? We investigate these questions using a systems analysis of the …

[HTML][HTML] Perceptual learning for a pattern discrimination task

I Fine, RA Jacobs - Vision Research, 2000 - Elsevier
Our goal was to differentiate low and mid level perceptual learning. We used a complex
grating discrimination task that required observers to combine information across wide …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling mechanisms of perceptual learning with augmented Hebbian re-weighting

ZL Lu, J Liu, BA Dosher - Vision research, 2010 - Elsevier
Using the external noise plus training paradigm, we have consistently found that two
independent mechanisms, stimulus enhancement and external noise exclusion, support …

[HTML][HTML] Perceptual learning without feedback in non-stationary contexts: Data and model

AA Petrov, BA Dosher, ZL Lu - Vision research, 2006 - Elsevier
The role of feedback in perceptual learning is probed in an orientation discrimination
experiment under destabilizing non-stationary conditions, and explored in a neural-network …

Perceptual learning selectively refines orientation representations in early visual cortex

JFM Jehee, S Ling, JD Swisher… - Journal of …, 2012 - Soc Neuroscience
Although practice has long been known to improve perceptual performance, the neural
basis of this improvement in humans remains unclear. Using fMRI in conjunction with a …

Characterizing perceptual learning with external noise

JM Gold, AB Sekuler, PJ Bennett - Cognitive Science, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Performance in perceptual tasks often improves with practice. This effect is known as
'perceptual learning,'and it has been the source of a great deal of interest and debate over …

Independent perceptual learning in monocular and binocular motion systems

ZL Lu, W Chu, BA Dosher… - Proceedings of the …, 2005 - National Acad Sciences
Eye-transfer tests, external noise manipulations, and observer models were used to
systematically characterize learning mechanisms in judging motion direction of moving …