Gabor Patches (IMAGE) Brown University Caption Participants who were taught to categorize blurry striped circles, called Gabor patches, into two arbitrary groups of angles prior to practicing recognizing patches of one angle ended up improving in recognizing patches of the trained angle and patches with angles in the same arbitrary category, a Brown University study found. Credit Image courtesy Takeo Watanabe/Brown University Usage Restrictions Credit Takeo Watanabe/Brown University License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.