Scientists have a lot more work to do before they figure out how, and for which subjects, PLMs are most effective. You can play computer games all you want, but you still have to fly the plane or operate on a living human being. It’s a supplement to experience, not a substitute. That’s one reason perceptual learning remains a backwater in psychology and education. It’s hardly a reason to ignore it, though. Perceptual learning is happening all the time, after all, and automatically—and it’s now clear that it can be exploited to speed up acquisition of specific skills.
