We summarize the various strands of research on peripheral vision and relate them to
theories of form perception. After a historical overview, we describe quantifications of the …

Studies of learning, and in particular perceptual learning, have focused on learning of stimuli
consisting of a single sensory modality. However, our experience in the world involves …

Behavioral and neurophysiological studies suggest that skill learning can be mediated by
discrete, experience-driven changes within specific neural representations subserving the …

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

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

The visual expertise of adult humans is jointly determined by evolution, visual development
and visual perceptual learning. Perceptual learning refers to performance improvements in …