Recent neuroscience studies have been investigating how the stimulation of some nerves, particularly the vagus nerve, using electrical pulses affects neural activity in the mammalian brain. The vagus ...

Perceptual learning refers to changes in an individual’s perceptual processes as a result of repeated practice or training. It is present in most human senses, including vision, hearing, touch, taste, ...

Practice makes perfect. But imaginary practice? Elisa Tartaglia of the Laboratory of Psychophysics at Switzerland's Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) and team show that perceptual ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A degraded, black-and-white image of an object, which appears meaningless on first presentation, is easily identified after a single exposure ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- Past studies have found that rewarding participants during a visual perceptual task leads to performance gains. However, new research suggests that these ...