Reward does not facilitate visual perceptual learning until sleep occurs [Psychological and Cognitive Sciences]

A growing body of evidence indicates that visual perceptual learning (VPL) is enhanced by reward provided during training. Another line of studies has shown that sleep following training also plays a role in facilitating VPL, an effect known as the offline performance gain of VPL. However, whether the effects of...

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - January 13, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Masako Tamaki, Aaron V. Berard, Tyler Barnes-Diana, Jesse Siegel, Takeo Watanabe, Yuka Sasaki Tags: Social Sciences Source Type: research