Sensory systems continuously adjust their function to match changes in the environment.
Such adaptation produces large perceptual effects, and its pervasiveness makes it a key …

How numerical quantity is processed is a central issue for cognition. On the one hand the
“number sense theory” claims that numerosity is perceived directly, and may represent an …

A basic principle in visual neuroscience is the retinotopic organization of neural receptive
fields. Here, we review behavioral, neurophysiological, and neuroimaging evidence for …

Visual numerosity is represented automatically and rapidly, but much remains unknown
about the computations underlying this perceptual experience. For example, it is unclear …

It has been suggested that a core deficit of the “number sense” may underlie dyscalculia. We
test this idea by measuring perceptual adaptation and discrimination thresholds for …

Fast and slow decisions exhibit distinct behavioral properties, such as the presence of
decision bias in faster but not slower responses. This dichotomy is currently explained by …

When there are many visual items, the visual system could represent their summary statistics
(eg, mean, variance) to process them efficiently. Although many previous studies have …

Perception of number and space are tightly intertwined. It has been proposed that this is due
to 'cortical recycling', where numerosity processing takes over circuits originally processing …

How do neural populations adapt to the time-varying statistics of sensory input? To
investigate, we measured the activity of neurons in primary visual cortex adapted to different …

Brain plasticity is the capacity of cerebral neurons to change, structurally and functionally, in
response to experiences. This is an essential property underlying the maturation of sensory …