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Don't admit defeat: A new dawn for the item in visual search

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 May 2017

Stefan Van der Stigchel  and
Sebastiaan Mathôt
Stefan Van der Stigchel
Affiliation:
Department of Experimental Psychology, Helmholtz Institute, Utrecht University, 3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands; s.vanderstigchel@uu.nl http://www.attentionlab.nl
Sebastiaan Mathôt
Affiliation:
Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, LPC UMR 7290, Marseille, 13331 Cedex 1, France. s.mathot@cogsci.nl http://www.cogsci.nl/smathot
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Abstract

Even though we lack a precise definition of “item,” it is clear that people do parse their visual environment into objects (the real-world equivalent of items). We will review evidence that items are essential in visual search, and argue that computer vision – especially deep learning – may offer a solution for the lack of a solid definition of “item.”

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 40 , 2017 , e159
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