It was nice not seeing you: perceptual learning with rewards in the absence of awareness.

Full Abstract

In this issue of Neuron, Seitz et al. show that humans exhibit enhanced perceptual discrimination for visual stimuli that have been repeatedly paired with reward under conditions of suppressed awareness. These findings challenge the view that awareness and focused attention are necessary for perceptual learning.

Author information

Author/s: Jessup, Ryan K (RK); O'Doherty, John P (JP);

Affiliation: Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Comment; Journal Article

Journal: Neuron (Neuron), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-Mar; vol 61 (issue 5) : pp 649-50

Dates: Created 2009/03/16; Completed 2009/04/01;

PMID: 19285458, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 4/1/2009, IMS Date: 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00)

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Comments and Corrections

CommentOn: Neuron. 2009 Mar 12;61(5):700-7. (PMID: 19285467)

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