Training transfers the limits on perception from parietal to ventral cortex.

ABSTRACT: Visually guided behavior depends on (1) extracting and (2) discriminating signals from complex retinal inputs, and these perceptual skills improve with practice. For instance, training on aerial reconnaissance facilitated World War II Allied military operations; analysts pored over stereoscopic photographs, becoming expert at (1) segmenting pictures into meaningful items to break camouflage from (noisy) backgrounds, and (2) discriminating fine details to distinguish V-weapons from innocuous pylons. Training is understood to optimize neural circuits that process scene features (e.g., orientation) for particular purposes (e.g., judging position). Yet learning is most beneficial when it generalizes to other settings and is critical in recovery after adversity, challenging understanding of the

SUBMITTER: Chang DH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4204932 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature