Adaptive Resonance Theory, or ART, is a cognitive and neural theory of how the brain
autonomously learns to categorize, recognize, and predict objects and events in a changing …

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 …

Traditionally, metacognition & higher mental abilities are thought to be exclusively linked to
consciousness. However, a growing number of researchers support the idea that …

Memory is fleeting. New material rapidly obliterates previous material. How, then, can the
brain deal successfully with the continual deluge of linguistic input? We argue that, to deal …

From a pioneer in the field of mental health comes a groundbreaking book on the healing
power of" mindsight," the potent skill that allows you to make positive changes in your brain …

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 …

Human beings have an amazing capacity to learn new skills and adapt to new
environments. However, several obstacles remain to be overcome in designing paradigms …

Reports published in Vision Research during the late years of the 20th century described
surprising effects of long-term sensitivity improvement with some basic visual tasks as a …

Attention and memory cannot operate without each other. In this review, we discuss two
lines of recent evidence that support this interdependence. First, memory has a limited …

If first language is rational in the sense that acquisition produces an end-state model of
language that is a proper reflection of input and that optimally prepares speakers for …