December 2001
Volume 1, Issue 3
Free
Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting Abstract  |   December 2001
A dissociation in the transfer of perceptual learning based on visual temporal structure
Author Affiliations
  • C. Aslin
    Vanderbilt Vision Research Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN 37203, USA
  • R. Blake
    Vanderbilt Vision Research Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN 37203, USA
  • M. M. Chun
    Vanderbilt Vision Research Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN 37203, USA
Journal of Vision December 2001, Vol.1, 24. doi:https://doi.org/10.1167/1.3.24
  • Views
  • Share
  • Tools
    • Alerts
      ×
      This feature is available to authenticated users only.
      Sign In or Create an Account ×
    • Get Citation

      C. Aslin, R. Blake, M. M. Chun; A dissociation in the transfer of perceptual learning based on visual temporal structure. Journal of Vision 2001;1(3):24. https://doi.org/10.1167/1.3.24.

      Download citation file:


      © ARVO (1962-2015); The Authors (2016-present)

      ×
  • Supplements
Abstract

On many vision tasks, people improve with practice, and the generality of transfer of training can be quite revealing with respect to underlying neural mechanisms. Using dynamic arrays composed of hundreds of small grating patches, we trained one group of observers to discriminate spatial forms defined by dynamic fluctuations in luminance of a subset of gratings and another group to discriminate shape defined solely by common temporal structure (TS) among a subset of the gratings (Lee & Blake, 1999). For both types of dynamic display, grating orientations were random throughout the array, and each grating moved in a direction orthogonal to its contour orientation and changed direction of motion irregularly over time. The task itself involved 2AFC shape discrimination. Performance thresholds for both TS and luminance-defined shape were measured before and immediately following training. For some observers, training and testing was monocular. All observers improved at their respective task with practice. Those trained using a luminance cue showed strong, immediate transfer when tested with TS-defined forms, which is not so surprising since the luminance display contained dynamic, TS information. Observers trained on TS, in contrast, did not show transfer to the luminance based discrimination. Moreover, effects of practice on the luminance task transferred from the trained to the untrained eye, but practice did not transfer interocularly on the TS task. These preliminary results suggest an early locus for the underlying neural mechanisms of this form of temporal structure.

Aslin, C., Blake, R., Chun, M.M.(2001). A dissociation in the transfer of perceptual learning based on visual temporal structure [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 1( 3): 24, 24a, http://journalofvision.org/1/3/24/, doi:10.1167/1.3.24. [CrossRef]
Footnotes
 Supported by EY07760 and EY07135.
×
×

This PDF is available to Subscribers Only

Sign in or purchase a subscription to access this content. ×

You must be signed into an individual account to use this feature.

×