Visual perceptual learning (VPL) is long-term performance increase resulting from visual
perceptual experience. Task-relevant VPL of a feature results from training of a task on the …

Reports published in Vision Research during the late years of the 20th century described
surprising effects of long-term sensitivity improvement with some basic visual tasks as a …

Sleep is beneficial for learning. However, it remains unclear whether learning is facilitated
by non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep or by REM sleep, whether it results from plasticity …

Overlearning refers to the continued training of a skill after performance improvement has
plateaued. Whether overlearning is beneficial is a question in our daily lives that has never …

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 …

Lattice-like structures known as perineuronal nets (PNNs) are key components of the
extracellular matrix (ECM). Once fully crystallized by adulthood, they are largely stable …

Numerous studies show that practice can result in performance improvements on low-level
visual perceptual tasks [1–5]. However, such learning is characteristically difficult and slow …

The adult mammalian brain has a remarkable capacity to learn in both the perceptual and
motor domains through the formation and consolidation of memories. Such practice-enabled …

Video game play has become a pervasive part of American culture. The dramatic increase in
the popularity of video games has resulted in significant interest in the effects that video …

It is generally thought that children learn more efficiently than adults. One way to accomplish
this is to have learning rapidly stabilized such that it is not interfered with by subsequent …