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SUBMITTER: Yotsumoto Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2755500 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yotsumoto Yuko Y Sasaki Yuka Y Chan Patrick P Vasios Christos E CE Bonmassar Giorgio G Ito Nozomi N Náñez José E JE Shimojo Shinsuke S Watanabe Takeo T
Current biology : CB 20090702 15
Visual perceptual learning is defined as performance enhancement on a sensory task and is distinguished from other types of learning and memory in that it is highly specific for location of the trained stimulus. The location specificity has been shown to be paralleled by enhancement in functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) signal in the trained region of V1 after visual training. Although recently the role of sleep in strengthening visual perceptual learning has attracted much attention, ...[more]