A study shows that updating visual perceptual skills is an active process with many similarities to memory plasticity. Using classic behavioural techniques and new brain imaging tools, the authors show that this perceptual skill can undergo reconsolidation.
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Bernabo, M., Nader, K. Reconsolidating perceptual skills. Nat Hum Behav 2, 450–451 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-018-0371-y
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