There is increasing evidence that the brain relies on a set of canonical neural computations,
repeating them across brain regions and modalities to apply similar operations to different …

Most of our knowledge about the functional organization of neuronal systems is based on
the analysis of the firing patterns of individual neurons that have been recorded one by one …

Playing action video games enhances several different aspects of visual processing;
however, the mechanisms underlying this improvement remain unclear. Here we show that …

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 …

Our visual system can process information at both conscious and unconscious levels.
Understanding the factors that control whether a stimulus reaches our awareness, and the …

Environmental enrichment (EE) is known to profoundly affect the central nervous system
(CNS) at the functional, anatomical and molecular level, both during the critical period and …

Practicing certain visual tasks leads, as a result of a process termed “perceptual learning,” to
a significant improvement in performance. Learning is specific for basic stimulus features …

Singer, 1994). The basis for this argument is that it is necessary to “tag” each visual neuron
to signify the object to which its activity relates. Each neuron therefore has to carry two …

Los Angeles, California 90089 that are postulated by classical neural networks, it is
important to introduce an important parameter. Although not often made explicit, it is …

The concept of locally specialized functions dominates research on higher brain function
and its disorders. Locally specialized functions must be complemented by processes that …