Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Experiencing and perceiving visual surfaces.

K Nakayama1, S Shimojo

  • 1Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|September 4, 1992
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Proteolytic cleavages of proalbumin and complement Pro-C3 in vitro by a truncated soluble form of furin, a mammalian homologue of the yeast Kex2 protease.

Biochemical and biophysical research communications·1992
Same author

Contralateral development of acute subdural hematoma following surgery for chronic subdural hematoma--case report.

Neurologia medico-chirurgica·1992
Same author

[Invasive thymoma involving the liver: a case report of transdiaphragmatic extension].

Kyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery·1992
Same author

[Intracranial primary malignant lymphoma following Behçet's disease--case report].

No to shinkei = Brain and nerve·1992
Same author

Zinc triflate-promoted glycosidation: synthesis of lipid A disaccharide intermediates.

Chemical & pharmaceutical bulletin·1992
Same author

Mammalian subtilisin-related proteinases in cleavage activation of the paramyxovirus fusion glycoprotein: superiority of furin/PACE to PC2 or PC1/PC3.

Journal of virology·1992

This study proposes a new framework for visual surface perception, suggesting the brain learns to identify surfaces by observing images from various viewpoints. This process is akin to inverse ecological optics, enabling surface identification without prior assumptions.

Area of Science:

  • Vision Science
  • Cognitive Science
  • Computational Neuroscience

Background:

  • Binocular visual surface perception is complex.
  • Existing models may not fully capture the learning aspect of how observers perceive surfaces.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a theoretical framework for binocular visual surface perception.
  • To explain surface perception as a result of learning from image sampling.

Main Methods:

  • Developing a theoretical model based on a mobile observer sampling images.
  • Applying the generic sampling principle.
  • Characterizing optical sampling geometrically.

Main Results:

  • The visual system acts as if viewing surfaces from generic vantage points.

Related Experiment Videos

  • The brain learns conditional probabilities of image sampling from surfaces.
  • This enables the visual system to infer surfaces from images.

    • Conclusions:

    • Visual surface perception can be understood as inverse ecological optics.
    • It involves learning through experience, akin to Bayesian inference without prior probabilities.