Computational modeling of the primate visual system yields insights of potential relevance to
some of the challenges that computer vision is facing, such as object recognition and …

Visual perceptual learning through practice or training can significantly improve
performance on visual tasks. Originally seen as a manifestation of plasticity in the primary …

Although we are continuously bombarded with visual input, only a fraction of incoming visual
events is perceived, remembered or acted on. The neural underpinnings of various forms of …

This study aimed to identify neural mechanisms that underlie perceptual learning in a visual-
discrimination task. We trained two monkeys (Macaca mulatta) to determine the direction of …

Practice improves discrimination of many basic visual features, such as contrast, orientation,
and positional offset [1–7]. Perceptual learning of many of these tasks is found to be retinal …

Expectations are known to greatly affect our experience of the world. A growing theory in
computational neuroscience is that perception can be successfully described using …

People differ in their ability to perform novel perceptual tasks, both during initial exposure
and in the rate of improvement with practice. It is also known that regions of the brain …

This review attempts to summarise some of the major areas of neocortical research as it
pertains to layer 6. After a brief summary of the development of this intriguing layer, the …

How does the brain learn those visual features that are relevant for behavior? In this article,
we focus on two factors that guide plasticity of visual representations. First, reinforcers cause …

The visual cortex has the capacity for experience-dependent change, or cortical plasticity,
that is retained throughout life. Plasticity is invoked for encoding information during …