Visual perceptual skills are updated by process similar to memory reconsolidation, study finds New research concludes that humans' ability to identify and categorize what they see is kept up-to-date ...

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A scientific dispute spanning six decades about fundamental mechanisms of visual perception in mammals has now been settled.

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New research concludes that humans' ability to identify and categorize what they see is kept up-to-date by reactivating lessons learned and allowing them to become stable over time PROVIDENCE, R.I.