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Justin D Theiss¹, Michael A Silver²

¹University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, U.S.A. theissjd@berkeley.edu.

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This study introduces a novel model for covert spatial attention in visual search. It demonstrates how learned top-down priors enhance target detection and localization accuracy without gaze shifts.

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Neuroscience
Computational Neuroscience
Visual Perception

Background:

Visual search models often focus on overt attention and gaze behavior.
Fewer models address covert spatial attention, where attention shifts without eye movements.
Bridging Bayesian and neurophysiological models of attention remains a challenge.

Purpose of the Study:

To propose a biologically plausible model of covert spatial attention during visual search.
To integrate top-down priors acquired via Hebbian learning with spatial resampling mechanisms.
To enhance the understanding of how Bayesian priors influence visual processing and target identification.

Main Methods:

Developed a model incorporating Hebbian learning for emergent top-down priors.
Implemented spatial resampling of cortical receptive fields to boost spatial resolution.
Simulated visual search tasks involving handwritten digits and non-digit distractors.

Main Results:

The model demonstrated that learned top-down priors significantly improve target location estimation accuracy.
Classification accuracy for targets was enhanced compared to using bottom-up signals alone.
The model successfully integrated Bayesian principles with neurobiological mechanisms of covert attention.

Conclusions:

Top-down priors acquired through Hebbian learning can naturally emerge and improve visual search performance.
Covert spatial attention, modeled via spatial resampling, enhances image representation resolution.
The proposed model offers a neurobiologically plausible framework for understanding Bayesian influences in visual attention.