Abstract
The human visual system is the most complex pattern recognition device known. In ways that are yet to be fully understood, the visual cortex arrives at a simple and unambiguous interpretation of data from the retinal image that is useful for the decisions and actions of everyday life. Recent advances in Bayesian models of computer vision and in the measurement and modeling of natural image statistics are providing the tools to test and constrain theories of human object perception. In turn, these theories are having an impact on the interpretation of cortical function.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 150-158 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Current opinion in neurobiology |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 2003 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Supported by grants from the National Institute of Health RO1 EY11507-001, EY02857 and EY12691, and National Science Foundation SBR-9631682.