Uncovering the visual "alphabet": advances in our understanding of object perception.

Abstract:

:The ability to rapidly and accurately recognize visual stimuli represents a significant computational challenge. Yet, despite such complexity, the primate brain manages this task effortlessly. How it does so remains largely a mystery. The study of visual perception and object recognition was once limited to investigations of brain-damaged individuals or lesion experiments in animals. However, in the last 25years, new methodologies, such as functional neuroimaging and advances in electrophysiological approaches, have provided scientists with the opportunity to examine this problem from new perspectives. This review highlights how some of these recent technological advances have contributed to the study of visual processing and where we now stand with respect to our understanding of neural mechanisms underlying object recognition.

journal_name

Vision Res

journal_title

Vision research

authors

Ungerleider LG,Bell AH

doi

10.1016/j.visres.2010.10.002

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2011-04-13 00:00:00

pages

782-99

issue

7

eissn

0042-6989

issn

1878-5646

pii

S0042-6989(10)00493-1

journal_volume

51

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