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The flight path of the phoenix—The visible trace of invisible elements in human vision

Year: 2006

Type: article

Abstract: How features are attributed to objects is one of the most puzzling issues in the neurosciences. A deeply entrenched view is that features are perceived at the locations where they are presented. Here, we show that features in motion displays can be systematically attributed from one location to another although the elements possessing the features are invisible. Furthermore, features can be integrated across locations. Feature mislocalizations are usually treated as errors and limits of the visual system. On the contrary, we show that the nonretinotopic feature attributions, reported herein, follow rules of grouping precisely suggesting that they reflect a fundamental computational strategy and not errors of visual processing.

Source: Journal of Vision

DOI: 10.1167/6.10.7

Authors: Thomas U. Otto, Haluk Ögmen, Michael H. Herzog

Institutions: École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, University of Houston

Language: English

Topic: Visual perception and processing mechanisms

Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,850

Funders: Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung, National Institute of Mental Health