The Neural Basis of Shape Recognition in Humans and Macaques

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titleThe Neural Basis of Shape Recognition in Humans and Macaques
start_date2006/02/17
schedule11h
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summaryAlmost 20 years ago, a proposal was advanced that a considerable range of behavioral phenomena associated with human object recognition can be understood in terms of a representation positing an arrangement of simple part primitives distinguished by viewpoint invariant properties (= geons). Recent research on optical imaging as well as single unit activity of cells in macaque IT and behavioral and fMRI studies in humans provide a surprisingly strong confirmation of this proposal.
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