title: Early and rapid perceptual learning.
abstract: Major, rapid performance improvements in perceptual training are often dismissed as 'task' or 'procedural' learning because they are fast and generalize within a task. We assessed the contributions of perceptual and procedural learning to improvement in an auditory tone frequency learning task in humans and found that perceptual learning accounted for between 76% and 98% of the rapid early performance improvement.
authors.affiliation: MRC Institute of Hearing Research, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK.
authors.forename: David J C
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Hawkey
authors.forename: Sygal
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Amitay
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D004193:Discrimination Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000502:physiology; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010897:Pitch Discrimination / Q000502:physiology; D013997:Time Factors