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SUBMITTER: Sasaki Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2864603 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sasaki Yuka Y Nanez Jose E JE Watanabe Takeo T
Nature reviews. Neuroscience 20091202 1
Visual perceptual learning (VPL) is defined as a long-term improvement in performance on a visual task. In recent years, the idea that conscious effort is necessary for VPL to occur has been challenged by research suggesting the involvement of more implicit processing mechanisms, such as reinforcement-driven processing and consolidation. In addition, we have learnt much about the neural substrates of VPL and it has become evident that changes in visual areas and regions beyond the visual cortex ...[more]