Perceptual learning and dynamic changes in primary visual cortex.
Perceptual learning is the improved performance that follows practice in a perceptual task. In this issue of Neuron, Yotsumoto et al. use fMRI to show that stimuli presented at the location used in training initially evoke greater activation in primary visual cortex than stimuli presented elsewhere, but this difference disappears once learning asymptotes.
Carmel
David
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Psychology and Neural Science, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA.
Carrasco
Marisa
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