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How perceptual learning rewires brain connectivity: lessons from the visual system in a top-down perspective
Alan Consorti1,2, Alessandro Sale2
1F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Department of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Frontiers in Neural Circuits
|September 10, 2025
Summary
Perceptual learning enhances brain function by adapting neural circuits to stimuli through practice. This implicit learning refines perception by adjusting connections and information processing, particularly in visual systems.
Area of Science:
- Neuroscience
- Cognitive Psychology
Background:
- The brain adapts to external stimuli throughout life by modifying neural structures and connection strengths.
- Perceptual learning, an implicit form of learning, improves the ability to detect subtle environmental features through experience.
Purpose of the Study:
- To survey classic and novel findings in perceptual learning research.
- To focus on the neural mechanisms underlying visual perceptual learning.
Main Methods:
- Review of existing literature on perceptual learning.
- Analysis of studies investigating neural plasticity and information processing in perception.
Main Results:
- Perceptual learning involves global plastic remodeling across cortical areas.
- Neural responses are tuned by reweighting bottom-up and top-down information interactions.
Conclusions:
- Understanding the neural basis of perceptual learning remains incomplete.
- Visual perceptual learning demonstrates significant neural adaptation to environmental demands.
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