A goal-directed visual perception system using object-based top-down attention

IEEE Transactions on Autonomous Mental Development

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-103

  Yu, Yuanlong ^a   Mann, George K I ^a   Gosine, Raymond G ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive visual perception; goal directed; integrated competition hypothesis; object based visual attention; top down visual attention

Indexed keywords

GOAL-DIRECTED; INTEGRATED COMPETITION HYPOTHESIS; OBJECT BASED; TOPDOWN; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; MAMMALS;

VISION;

EID: 84858668521     PISSN: 19430604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAMD.2011.2163513     Document Type: Article

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