Learning in mammalian sensory cortex

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Abstract

The improvement of perceptual capabilities with training can offer important insight into the physiological basis of learning in the cerebral cortex. The rapid time course and ease with which some perceptual capabilities can improve suggest that learning is an integral part of normal perception. Electrophysiological and neuroimaging studies of sensory systems in the cortex suggest that the changes underlying perceptual learning can occur in a variety of areas and are likely to involve multiple mechanisms. In particular, recent psychological and physiological studies suggest that perceptual learning might often involve the task-specific suppression of signals that interfere with performance.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)513-518
Number of pages6
JournalCurrent opinion in neurobiology
Volume14
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2004

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work is supported by a grant from the National Eye Institute.

Copyright:
Copyright 2012 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

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