Step by step: Feature detection and combination in perceptual learning and...
(Medical Xpress)—The ease and immediacy with which we recognize familiar objects escapes our notice. However, a novel, ambiguous, or highly complex object requires practice to achieve such perceptual...
View Article'Preferred retinal location' may aid rehabilitation in patients with central...
Perceptual learning techniques may provide a useful new approach to rehabilitation in patients with central vision loss—taking advantage of visual plasticity that persists even in old age, according to...
View ArticleKeep it complex and improve your brain power
(Medical Xpress)—If your New Year's resolutions include toning the brain as well as the body, the key could be a vigorous mental workout. Researchers from our Department of Psychology have discovered...
View ArticleLearning to see better in life and baseball
With a little practice on a computer or iPad—25 minutes a day, 4 days a week, for 2 months—our brains can learn to see better, according to a study of University of California, Riverside baseball...
View ArticleLearning how to listen with neurofeedback
When listening to music or learning a new language, auditory perceptual learning occurs: a process in which your recognition of specific sounds improves, making you more efficient in processing and...
View ArticleDeficits in tactile-based learning linked to Fragile X Syndrome
Researchers at Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) have described for the first time a specific perceptual learning deficit in mice with a mutation of the same gene as found in children with Fragile...
View ArticlePlaying action video games can boost learning, new study reports
A new study shows for the first time that playing action video games improves not just the skills taught in the game, but learning capabilities more generally.
View ArticleScore! Video gamers may learn visual tasks more quickly
Many studies show that video gamers perform better than non-gamers on certain visual tasks, like managing distractors and identifying targets, but a small new Brown University study provides gamers...
View ArticleHuman senses can't learn under stress
Stress is part of our everyday lives – while some thrive on it, it makes others sick. But what does stress do to our senses?
View ArticleCan you train yourself to develop 'super senses'?
Wouldn't it be great to be able to hear what people whispered behind your back? Or to read the bus timetable from across the street? We all differ dramatically in our perceptual abilities – for all our...
View Article
