Space and Time in Visual Context

Nature Reviews Neuroscience, Vol. 8, pp. 522-535, July 2007

14 Pages Posted: 18 Apr 2011

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Odelia Schwartz

Yeshiva University - Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Anne Showen Hsu

University College London

Peter Dayan

University College London - Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit

Date Written: April 14, 2011

Abstract

No sensory stimulus is an island unto itself; rather, it can only properly be interpreted in light of the stimuli that surround it in space and time. This can result in entertaining illusions and puzzling results in psychological and neurophysiological experiments. We concentrate on perhaps the best studied test case, namely orientation or tilt, which gives rise to the notorious tilt illusion and the adaptation tilt after-effect. We review the empirical literature and discuss the computational and statistical ideas that are battling to explain these conundrums, and thereby gain favour as more general accounts of cortical processing.

Suggested Citation

Schwartz, Odelia and Hsu, Anne Showen and Dayan, Peter, Space and Time in Visual Context (April 14, 2011). Nature Reviews Neuroscience, Vol. 8, pp. 522-535, July 2007, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1809995

Odelia Schwartz

Yeshiva University - Albert Einstein College of Medicine ( email )

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Anne Showen Hsu (Contact Author)

University College London ( email )

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Peter Dayan

University College London - Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit ( email )

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London, WC1N 3AR
United Kingdom

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