Global properties of natural scenes shape local properties of human edge detectors

Visual cortex analyzes images by first extracting relevant details (e.g. edges) via a large array of specialized detectors. The resulting edge map is then relayed to a processing pipeline, the final goal of which is to attribute meaning to the scene. As this process unfolds, does the global interpre...

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Main Author: Peter eNeri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00172/full