Effects of spatiotemporal consistencies on visual learning dynamics and transfer.

•Estimation of learning is critically affected by measurement method.•Stimulus repetition affects threshold measurements, reduces learning, and increases specificity.•Inserting adaptation-reducing ‘dummy’ trials facilitates learning and transfer.•The ‘dummy’ trials effectiveness depends on sufficient pre-training.•Experience dependent changes in visual sensitivity depend on a balance between perceptual learning and sensory adaptation.