Athletes need excellent vision to perform well in their sports, and many athletes have turned
to vision training programs as a way to augment their traditional training regimen. The …

Amblyopia is a neuro-developmental disorder of the visual cortex that arises from abnormal
visual experience early in life. Amblyopia is clinically important because it is a major cause …

Video game enthusiasts spend many hours at play, and this intense activity has the potential
to alter both brain and behavior. We review studies that investigate the ability of video …

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 …

Abnormal visual experience during a sensitive period of development disrupts neuronal
circuitry in the visual cortex and results in abnormal spatial vision or amblyopia. Here we …

Highlights•Perceptual Learning research has identified numerous processes that change
with learning.•Identified mechanisms of Perceptual Learning are not mutually …

Purpose.: The purpose of the present study was to explore the potential for treating
childhood amblyopia with a binocular stimulus designed to correlate the visual input from …

Learning to read is extremely difficult for about 10% of children across cultures because they
are affected by developmental dyslexia (DD). According to the dominant view, DD is …

Purpose.: Perceptual learning has been shown to be effective in improving visual functions
in the normal adult visual system, as well as in adults with amblyopia. In this study, the …

Perceptual learning often shows substantial and long-lasting changes in the ability to
classify relevant perceptual stimuli due to practice. Specificity to trained stimuli and tasks is a …