Perceptual organization and neural computation

Journal of Vision

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Gepshtein, Sergei ^a,b   Elder, James H ^c   Maloney, Laurence T ^d  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational modeling; Computer vision; Context; Ecology; Figure ground; Grouping; Image statistics; Lightness; Motion; Natural scenes; Parts; Proximity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CUES; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEURAL ANALYZERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 43749109170     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/8.7.i     Document Type: Editorial

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