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Plain explanations of perception training — what the words mean, what the evidence supports, and which apps are worth your time. Written by the people who make Percore, dated, and honest about where Percore is not the right tool.

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What the words mean, what the research supports, and how to practise.

  • What is perception training?

    Perception training is practising a sensory judgement with feedback: colour, pitch, duration, space. What it is, what it is not, and what the research supports.

    6 min read

  • How to train your senses: a two-minute daily method

    A daily two-minute method for training vision, hearing, timing and spatial judgement, with a no-app exercise for each and the mistakes to avoid.

    8 min read

  • Perception training vs brain training: what is the difference, and does either work?

    Brain training promises a better memory; the evidence says it improves the games. Perception training claims only the measured sense moves. Which is which.

    7 min read

  • What is perceptual learning? The research behind training a sense

    Perceptual learning is the lasting improvement in a sensory task that comes from practice. What the research shows about specificity, feedback and sleep.

    7 min read

  • How to improve your colour perception

    What colour perception training can change (discrimination, colour memory) and what it cannot (your cones), with a working method for designers and colourists.

    7 min read

  • Hue, saturation and brightness, explained

    What hue, saturation and brightness mean, why hue is an angle, how HSB compares with HSL, RGB and Lab, and why three sliders show which judgement slipped.

    6 min read

  • How to improve pitch recognition

    Relative pitch, perfect pitch and pitch memory are three different skills. Which ones adults can train, the methods that work, and how to measure progress.

    7 min read

  • What is a cent in music?

    A cent is a hundredth of a semitone, 1,200 to the octave. Why pitch is measured logarithmically, why a Hertz error misleads, and how far off the ear can hear.

    5 min read

  • How to improve your sense of time

    Your sense of duration is a measurable skill. What interval timing is, why error grows with the interval, why counting is a workaround, and how to practise it.

    7 min read

  • How to improve spatial awareness

    Spatial awareness is judging position, distance, angle and motion. What research says is trainable, six exercises that work, and how to measure the change.

    7 min read

  • How to train your peripheral vision

    What peripheral vision is, what training changes (what you notice at the edge of sight) and cannot (your measured field), the exercises, and the apps.

    8 min read

About Percore

The complete account of the product, and how every score is computed.

  • What is Percore? The daily perception practice, explained in full

    Percore is a free iPhone app: a two-minute daily practice for colour, pitch, duration and shape. Every feature, module, price and scoring rule, in one page.

    8 min read

  • How Percore scores each sense

    The scoring behind every Percore session, in plain words: hue over 180°, cents for pitch, relative error for duration, 45/35/20 for shape, averages and drift.

    8 min read