From Perceptual Learning Wiki

Contents 1 Early Perceptual Learning. (Gilbert94) 1.1 Abstract 1.2 Keywords 1.3 Other Information

Early Perceptual Learning. (Gilbert94)

Gilbert, Charles D. (1994). Early Perceptual Learning. PNAS. 1994 February;91(4):1195-1197.

Gilbert94.pdf (706KB)

Abstract

Until recently, it was commonly believe that within the early stage of sensory processing, the functional property of neuron and the circuitry of sensory cortex are subject to experience in early cortical development but are fixed in adult hood. It is obvious, however, that some form of neural plasticity must exist well in adulthood, because we continue to be capable of adapting to experience and of learning to recognize new objects. One usually associate learning with the acquisition and storage of complex percepts, such as faces, which generally believe to be an attribute to advance stages of cortical processing. There is an accumulating body of evidence indicating that, quite to the contrary, even at the earliest stages of sensory processing, neuronal functional specificity is mutable and subject to experience. In the issue of Prceedings, Polat and Sagi (1) report an important functional consequence of perceptual learning; Lateral interaction in visual space, an essential component of the integration of local features into a unify percept, can be induced to increase in spatial extent by learning (see below).

Keywords

perceptual learning, visual learning, specificity.

Other Information

Web page of Charles D. Gilbert

@article{Gilbert94,
    author  = {Gilbert, Charles D.},
    year    = 1994,
    title   = {Early Perceptual Learning},
    journal = PNAS,
    volume  = 91,
    pages   = {1195--1197}
}

---