摘要:Is stimulus specific perceptual learning the result of extended practice or does it emerge
early in the time course of learning? We examined this issue by manipulating the amount
of practice given on a face identification task on Day 1, and altering the familiarity of stimuli
on Day 2.We found that a small number of trials was sufficient to produce stimulus specific
perceptual learning of faces: on Day 2, response accuracy decreased by the same amount
for novel stimuli regardless of whether observers practiced 105 or 840 trials on Day 1. Current models of learning assume early procedural improvements followed by late stimulus
specific gains. Our results show that stimulus specific and procedural improvements are
distributed throughout the time course of learning.
关键词:consolidation; Face; generalization; IDENTIFICATION; Perceptual Learning; specificity; Time course; transfer