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Ke Zhou¹, Huan Luo, Tiangang Zhou

¹State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Science, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China. kzhou.bcslab@gmail.com

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Topological invariance, not features, defines perceptual objects. Our study shows that changes in an object's holes, but not its appearance, impair object tracking, highlighting topology's role in object recognition.

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Science
Neuroscience
Perception

Background:

Defining a perceptual object is a central challenge in cognitive science.
The topological approach posits that object identity relies on topological invariance, preserving holistic properties through transformations.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate whether topological invariance or featural information is critical for object representation.
To determine if topological properties, specifically the presence of holes, constrain object perception.

Main Methods:

Conducted multiple-object tracking tasks with items undergoing featural or topological changes.
Utilized functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to examine neural correlates of object representation.

Main Results:

Object tracking performance was unaffected by significant featural changes in moving items.
Performance was significantly impaired when items changed their topological properties (holes).
fMRI data suggested anterior temporal lobe involvement in topologically constrained object representation.

Conclusions:

Topological invariance, particularly the presence of holes, is a fundamental constraint in defining perceptual objects.
The anterior temporal lobe plays a role in forming object representations based on topological features.