Editorial: Improving visual deficits with perceptual learning.

Abstract

Specialty section: This article was submitted to Perception Science, a section of the journal Frontiers in Psychology
Only recently has perceptual learning started to be considered a useful tool for improving visual functions in clinical populations
Perceptual learning has been shown to be effective in improving, among other dysfunctions, visual abilities in amblyopia (Levi and Li, 2009; Polat, 2009; Hussain et al, 2012), mild refractive defects, central or peripheral vision loss and cortical blindness (Kasten et al, 1998; Sabel et al, 2005; Huxlin et al, 2009; Chung, 2011; Das et al, 2014), dyslexia (Gori and Facoetti, 2015), and has even been shown to improve the efficacy of other sensory modalities so that they can somehow replace vision in blind people (Bach-y-Rita and Kercel, 2003; Ortiz et al, 2011). The goal of this Research Topic is to demonstrate the development of innovative methods, based on perceptual learning, for treating—or at least overcoming some of the deleterious effects of—various visual dysfunctions, from mild deficits such as myopia to complete blindness