知觉学习提高了猫V1神经元的对比敏感度.pdf

Current Biology 20 , 887–894, May 25, 2010 ª2010 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2010.03.066 Article Perceptual Learning Improves Contrast Sensitivity of V1 Neurons in Cats Tianmiao Hua,1,2 Pinglei Bao,1 Chang-Bing Huang,4 trained task or stimulus in perceptual learning has been gener- Zhenhua Wang,2 Jinwang Xu,2 Yifeng Zhou,1,3,* ally interpreted as evidence for representation enhancement in and Zhong-Lin Lu4,* early sensory cortical areas [2, 5, 6]. On the other hand, 1Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the whereas cortical plasticity following extended practice has Microscale and School of Life Science, University of Science been documented in both auditory and somatosensory cor- and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China tices [7, 8], evidence for such plasticity in early visual cortices 2School of Life Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, is modest in neurophysiology, although some evidence has Anhui 241000, China been reported in several fMRI studies [9–11]. 3State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Science, Single-unit recording from monkey early visual areas [12–15] Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has demonstrated that perceptual learning is not clearly asso- Beijing 100101, China ciated with increased neuronal recruitment or major changes 4Laboratory of Brain Processes (LOBES), Departments of of receptive field parameters in V1 and V2 [13, 14]. Schoups Psychology and Biomedica