How mechanisms of perceptual decision-making affect the psychometric function

JI Gold, L Ding - Progress in neurobiology, 2013 - Elsevier
Psychometric functions are often interpreted in the context of Signal Detection Theory, which
emphasizes a distinction between sensory processing and non-sensory decision rules in the …

[HTML][HTML] Transcranial magnetic stimulation of visual cortex in memory: Cortical state, interference and reactivation of visual content in memory

V van de Ven, AT Sack - Behavioural brain research, 2013 - Elsevier
Memory for perceptual events includes the neural representation of the sensory information
at short or longer time scales. Recent transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) studies of …

An integrated reweighting theory of perceptual learning

BA Dosher, P Jeter, J Liu, ZL Lu - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Improvements in performance on visual tasks due to practice are often specific to a retinal
position or stimulus feature. Many researchers suggest that specific perceptual learning …

[HTML][HTML] Functional and structural brain modifications induced by oculomotor training in patients with age-related macular degeneration

K Rosengarth, I Keck, S Brandl-Rühle, J Frolo… - Frontiers in …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are reliant on their peripheral visual
field. Oculomotor training can help them to find the best area on intact peripheral retina and …

[HTML][HTML] ERP P1-N1 changes associated with Vernier perceptual learning and its location specificity and transfer

GL Zhang, LJ Cong, Y Song, C Yu - Journal of vision, 2013 - iovs.arvojournals.org
Our recent studies demonstrate that perceptual learning can transfer completely to untrained
retinal locations upon proper training procedures, which suggests perceptual learning being …

[HTML][HTML] The classical TDT perceptual learning is mostly temporal learning

R Wang, LJ Cong, C Yu - Journal of vision, 2013 - iovs.arvojournals.org
The seminal study on perceptual learning of TDT (a texture discrimination task) has greatly
shaped the field of perceptual learning up to the present time. However, here we …

[HTML][HTML] Neuronal mechanisms of visual perceptual learning

H Kumano, T Uka - Behavioural Brain Research, 2013 - Elsevier
Numerous psychophysical studies have described perceptual learning as long-lasting
improvements in perceptual discrimination and detection capabilities following practice …

Self-motion perception training: thresholds improve in the light but not in the dark

M Hartmann, S Furrer, MH Herzog, DM Merfeld… - Experimental brain …, 2013 - Springer
We investigated perceptual learning in self-motion perception. Blindfolded participants were
displaced leftward or rightward by means of a motion platform and asked to indicate the …

Effects of feedback-based visual line-orientation discrimination training for visuospatial disorders after stroke

J Funk, K Finke, S Reinhart… - … and Neural Repair, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Background. Patients with right or more rarely left parietotemporal lesions after stroke may
have profound visuospatial disorders that impair activities of daily living (ADL) and long-term …

Does perceptual learning require consciousness or attention?

JDI Meuwese, RAG Post, HS Scholte… - Journal of Cognitive …, 2013 - direct.mit.edu
It has been proposed that visual attention and consciousness are separate [Koch, C., &
Tsuchiya, N. Attention and consciousness: Two distinct brain processes. Trends in Cognitive …