Perceptual learning: cortical changes when cats learn a new trick

Yuka Sasaki; Joshua Gold; Takeo Watanabe

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2010.05.004

Perceptual learning: cortical changes when cats learn a new trick

Curr Biol. 2010 Jul 13;20(13):R557-8. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2010.05.004.

Authors

Yuka Sasaki¹, Joshua Gold, Takeo Watanabe

Affiliation

¹ Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, USA.

Abstract

A new study has found that the tuning properties of neurons in the primary visual cortex of cats change as they learn an orientation-discrimination task, casting new light on the neuronal basis of perceptual learning.

MeSH terms

Animals
Cats
Learning*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Neurons / cytology
Task Performance and Analysis
Visual Cortex / cytology
Visual Cortex / physiology*
Visual Perception*

Grants and funding

R01 EY019466/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States