Perceptual learning and adult cortical plasticity.
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The visual cortex retains the capacity for experience-dependent changes, or plasticity, of cortical function and cortical circuitry, throughout life. These changes constitute the mechanism of perceptual learning in normal visual experience and in recovery of function after CNS damage. Such plasticity can be seen at multiple stages in the visual pathway, including primary visual cortex. The manifestation of the functional changes associated with perceptual learning involve both long term modification of cortical circuits during the course of learning, and short term dynamics in the functional properties of cortical neurons. These dynamics are subject to top-down influences of attention, expectation and perceptual task. As a consequence, each cortical area is an adaptive processor, altering its function in accordance to immediate perceptual demands.
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In response to the loss of vision, brain areas normally devoted to the processing of visual information are recruited to process tactile and auditory information and even cognitive functions such as verbal memory and speech processing.
“In response to the loss of vision, brain areas normally devoted to the processing of visual information are recruited to process tactile and auditory information and even cognitive functions such as verbal memory and speech processing (Fernandez et al., 2005; Gilbert et al., 2009; Legge and Chung, 2016; Beyeler et al., 2017; Singh et al., 2018; Castaldi et al., 2020).”
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- Authors
- Gilbert, C. D., Li, W., & Piech, V.
- Affiliations
- Rockefeller University (US)
- Beijing Normal University (CN)
- Venue
- The Journal of Physiology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2009-06-12
- Volume
- 587
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 2743-2751
- ISSN
- 0022-3751 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-7793
- PMC
- PMC2718234
- OpenAlex
- W1841773938
- Cited by
- 151
- References
- 34
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- FWCI
- 0.83
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- The Journal of Physiology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Developmental Neuroscience › Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
- Keywords
- perceptual learning, visual cortex, experience-dependent plasticity, primary visual cortex, visual pathway, top-down attention
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Animals, Cerebral Cortex, Discrimination Learning, Form Perception, Humans, Learning, Neuronal Plasticity, Perception
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