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Recurrent Network Dynamics; a Link between Form and Motion.

Jeroen Joukes1, Yunguo Yu2, Jonathan D Victor2

  • 1Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University, NewarkNJ, USA; Behavioral and Neural Sciences Graduate Program, Rutgers University, NewarkNJ, USA.

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
|April 1, 2017
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New artificial neural network models reveal how the brain processes visual form. The model shows that detecting multipoint spatial correlations is linked to processing motion, suggesting intertwined form and motion analysis in early visual cortex.

Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Computational Neuroscience
  • Computer Vision

Background:

  • The brain discriminates visual features like corners and contours by detecting spatial correlations between image points.
  • Macaque V2 neurons exhibit selectivity for patterns with well-defined multipoint correlations, crucial for visual processing.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how the brain processes multipoint spatial correlations for visual form perception.
  • To develop and test an artificial neural network model that captures neural selectivity for multipoint correlations.

Main Methods:

  • A novel artificial neural network model with hierarchical processing and local recurrence was developed.
  • The model's performance was compared against standard feedforward models and biological neural responses.
Keywords:
early visual processingformmotionrecurrent networkv1v2visual cortex

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Main Results:

  • The artificial neural network model successfully reproduced the multipoint correlation selectivity observed in V2 neurons.
  • Model units showed diverse selectivity for multipoint correlations and complex response dynamics, mirroring V1 and V2 neurons.
  • Units self-organized to detect both spatial and space-time correlations, linking form and motion processing.

Conclusions:

  • Standard feedforward models fail to capture multipoint selectivity in early visual processing.
  • The developed recurrent neural network model offers insights into early form processing mechanisms.
  • A novel hypothesis suggests higher-order spatial correlations are computed via sequential assessment of low-order correlations, intertwining form and motion analysis in the visual cortex.