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  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Vision Science

Background:

  • Human visual expertise results from evolution, development, and perceptual learning.
  • Perceptual learning involves performance gains in visual tasks via training.
  • It is observed across diverse visual tasks, from basic feature detection to complex scene analysis.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review key behavioral aspects of visual perceptual learning.
  • To discuss theories, computational models, and specificity of learning.
  • To examine applications in visual rehabilitation and future research.

Main Methods:

  • Review of existing literature on visual perceptual learning.
  • Analysis of behavioral aspects, learning magnitude, and specificity.
  • Examination of theoretical models and computational approaches.

Main Results:

  • Visual perceptual learning is a widespread phenomenon improving visual task performance.
  • Learning magnitude is influenced by task-specific manipulations.
  • Specificity of learning is a critical factor in understanding its mechanisms.

Conclusions:

  • Visual perceptual learning principles guide visual rehabilitation strategies.
  • Understanding plasticity versus stability is crucial for future research.
  • New research directions focus on optimizing learning and its applications.