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Thinking beyond the ventral stream: Comment on Bowers et al.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 December 2023

Christopher Summerfield Open the ORCID record for Christopher Summerfield [Opens in a new window]  and
Jessica A. F. Thompson
Christopher Summerfield
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Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK christopher.summerfield@psy.ox.ac.uk jessica.thompson@psy.ox.ac.uk https://humaninformationprocessing.com/ https://thompsonj.github.io/about/
Jessica A. F. Thompson
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Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK christopher.summerfield@psy.ox.ac.uk jessica.thompson@psy.ox.ac.uk https://humaninformationprocessing.com/ https://thompsonj.github.io/about/
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Abstract

Bowers et al. rightly emphasise that deep learning models often fail to capture constraints on visual perception that have been discovered by previous research. However, the solution is not to discard deep learning altogether, but to design stimuli and tasks that more closely reflect the problems that biological vision evolved to solve, such as understanding scenes and preparing skilled action.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 46 , 2023 , e409
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