We propose that explicit vision advances in reverse hierarchical direction, as shown for
perceptual learning. Processing along the feedforward hierarchy of areas, leading to …

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

Attention exhibits characteristic neural signatures in brain regions that process sensory
signals. An important area of future research is to understand the nature of top-down signals …

Practising simple visual tasks leads to a dramatic improvement in performing them. This
learning is specific to the stimuli used for training. We show here that the degree of …

The adult brain shows remarkable plasticity, as demonstrated by the improvement in fine
sensorial discriminations after intensive practice. The behavioural aspects of such …

Perceptual learning is considered a manifestation of neural plasticity in the human brain. We
investigated brain plasticity mechanisms in a learning task using noninvasive transcranial …

Perceptual learning is a lifelong process. We begin by encoding information about the basic
structure of the natural world and continue to assimilate information about specific patterns …

Neuronal responses at early stages in visual cortical processing, including those in primary
visual cortex (V1), are subject to the influences of visual context, experience and attention …

The functional unit of the endocrine pancreas is the islet of Langerhans. Islets are nested
within the exocrine tissue of the pancreas and are composed of α-, β-, δ-and γ-cells1. β …

With training, an observer's ability to discriminate similar directions of motion gradually
improves. A series of studies reveals that this improvement,(1) is restricted to the trained …