AN INVESTIGATION OF PERCEPTUAL SKILLS AND COGNITIVE STRATEGIES USING FUNCTIONAL

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中利用 资源由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供。子项目和 调查员(PI)可能从NIH的另一个来源获得了主要资金， 并因此可以在其他清晰的条目中表示。列出的机构是 该中心不一定是调查人员的机构。 这项研究的目的是确定一个人在一系列视觉知觉技能任务上的表现水平是否可以通过专门的训练软件得到充分的提高，以与那些未经训练而表现出高表现水平的天赋个体相媲美。支持训练有素的人的视觉处理的神经机制与自然有天赋的人的神经机制的相似性将通过大脑功能成像的方法进行评估。因此，本研究的目的是研究与特定视觉训练相关的知觉和认知变化的神经机制。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. The objective of this research is to determine whether an individual's performance level on a set of visual perceptual skills tasks can be improved sufficiently by means of specialized training software to rival that of those naturally-talented individuals who demonstrate high performance levels without training. The similarity of the neural mechanisms supporting the visual processing by the trained individuals to that of the naturally-talented individuals will be assessed by means of functional brain imaging. The goals of this research are thus to examine the neural mechanisms of the perceptual and cognitive changes associated with specific visual training.