Project description
Learning to see again with new neuroscientific model
Thanks to the mechanism of perceptual learning (PL), we can instantly integrate and recognise what we see when our eyes send to our brains extensive amounts of variable visual information. Visual PL through practice or training can considerably improve the performance of numerous visual tasks. However, it remains unknown how the challenging variability of signals affects PL. For example, does it weaken it or result in generalisations? To better understand this, the EU-funded VarPL project will examine neural mechanisms of learning and perception at the level of circuits and single cells by applying functional MRI and electrophysiology in behavioural testing in humans and macaque monkeys. The expected result from the project is a new, neuroscientific-based training model enabling rehabilitation of patients with visual deficits.
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Call for proposal
ERC-2018-STG
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Funding Scheme
ERC-STG - Starting Grant
Host institution
37075 Goettingen
Germany
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37075 Goettingen
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37077 Gottingen
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