perceptual learning

Brain training can work when properly targeted…as in this new vision study

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contrast_sensitivity

Focus­ing the brain on bet­ter vision (The New York Times):

“As adults age, vision dete­ri­o­rates. One com­mon type of decline is in con­trast sen­si­tiv­i­ty, the abil­i­ty to dis­tin­guish gra­da­tions of light to dark, mak­ing it pos­si­ble to dis­cern where one object ends and anoth­er begins.

But new research sug­gests that con­trast sen­si­tiv­i­ty can be improved with brain-train­ing exer­cis­es [Read more…] about Brain train­ing can work when prop­er­ly targeted…as in this new vision study

Trend: Mobile apps to improve vision via perceptual learning

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vision in the human brain

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Vision train­ing: Mobile app improved pilots’ vision (Air­craft Own­ers and Pilots Association):

“Mil­i­tary pilots (and oth­er test sub­jects) have improved their vision after a few weeks of train­ing with a new appli­ca­tion for mobile devices—an appli­ca­tion now avail­able to the public.

The tech­nol­o­gy has helped ded­i­cat­ed users reverse age-relat­ed vision loss, and to help younger [Read more…] about Trend: Mobile apps to improve vision via per­cep­tu­al learning

In the News: Brain Calisthenics, Bilingual Brains, Debunking Myths on Mental Illness

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Let us high­light a cou­ple of insight­ful and brief arti­cles in the New York Times and a very pow­er­ful analy­sis in The New York Review of Books; they pro­vide use­ful clues about Brain Cal­is­then­ics, Bilin­gual Brains, and Debunk­ing Myths on Men­tal Ill­ness. [Read more…] about In the News: Brain Cal­is­then­ics, Bilin­gual Brains, Debunk­ing Myths on Men­tal Illness