Hierarchical representation of shapes in visual cortex - from localized features to figural shape segregation

Visual structures in the environment are effortlessly segmented into image regions and those combined to a representation of surfaces and prototypical objects. Such a perceptual organization is performed by complex neural mechanisms in the visual cortex of primates. Multiple mutually connected areas...

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Main Authors: Stephan eTschechne, Heiko eNeumann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncom.2014.00093/full