Perceptual learning / edited by Manfred Fahle and Tomaso Poggio.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fahle, Manfred, editor.

Poggio, Tomaso, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Auditory cortex.

Neuroplasticity.

Perceptual learning.

Visual cortex.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 455 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

MIT Press CogNet.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2002]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

An overview of the field of perceptual learning--the study of the permanent changes in cortical structure caused by external stimuli.

Contents:

I Anatomy and Physiology 1

1 Experience-Dependent Plasticity of Intracortical Connections / Siegrid Lowel, Wolf Singer 3

2 Adaptation of Inputs in the Somatosensory System / Hubert R. Dinse, Michael M. Merzenich 19

3 Plasticity of Receptive Fields in Early Stages of the Adult Visual System / Ulf T. Eysel 43

4 Neuronal Representation of Object Images and Effects of Learning / Keiji Tanaka 67

5 Electrophysiological Correlates of Perceptual Learning / Aniek Schoups 83

6 Perceptual Learning and the Development of Complex Visual Representations in Temporal Cortical Neurons / David L. Sheinberg, Nikos K. Logothetis 95

7 Functional Reorganization of Human Cerebral Cortex and Its Perceptual Concomitants / Annette Sterr, Thomas Elbert, Brigitte Rockstroh 125

II Low-Level Psychophysics 145

8 Learning to Understand Speech with the Cochlear Implant / Graeme M. Clark 147

9 Adaptation and Learning in the Visual Perception of Gratings / Adriana Fiorentini, Nicoletta Berardi 161

10 Plasticity of Low-Level Visual Networks / Barbara Zenger, Dov Sagi 177

11 Learning to Perceive Features below the Foveal Photoreceptor Spacing / Manfred Fahle 197

12 Specificity versus Invariance of Perceptual Learning: The Example of Position / Marcus Dill 219

III Higher-Level Psychophysics 233

13 The Role of Insight in Perceptual Learning: Evidence from Illusory Contour Perception / Nava Rubin, Ken Nakayama, Robert Shapley 235

14 The Role of Attention in Learning Simple Visual Tasks / Merav Ahissar, Shaul Hochstein 253

15 High-Level Learning of Early Visual Tasks / Pawan Sinha, Tomaso Poggio 273

16 Learning to Recognize Objects / Guy Wallis, Heinrich Bulthoff 299

17 Learning New Faces / Vicki Bruce, Mike Burton 317

IV Modeling 335

18 Models of Perceptual Learning / Shimon Edelman, Nathan Intrator 337

19 Learning to Find Independent Components in Natural Scenes / Anthony J. Bell, Terrence J. Sejnowski 355

20 Top-Down Information and Models of Perceptual Learning / Michael H. Herzog, Manfred Fahle 367.

Notes:

"A Bradford book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 386-442) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Perceptual learning.

ISBN:

9780262272469

0262272466

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.