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Linking brain to behavior for the visual perception of figures and objects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 August 2013

JEREMY D. FESI  and
JANINE D. MENDOLA
JEREMY D. FESI*
Affiliation:
Department of Ophthalmology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
JANINE D. MENDOLA
Affiliation:
Department of Ophthalmology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
*
*Address correspondence to: Jeremy D. Fesi, Department of Ophthalmology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A1, Canada. E-mail: jeremy.fesi@mail.mcgill.ca
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Abstract

The dissociation of a figure from its background is an essential feat of visual perception, as it allows us to detect, recognize, and interact with shapes and objects in our environment. In order to understand how the human brain gives rise to the perception of figures, we here review experiments that explore the links between activity in visual cortex and performance of perceptual tasks related to figure perception. We organize our review according to a proposed model that attempts to contextualize figure processing within the more general framework of object processing in the brain. Overall, the current literature provides us with individual linking hypotheses as to cortical regions that are necessary for particular tasks related to figure perception. Attempts to reach a more complete understanding of how the brain instantiates figure and object perception, however, will have to consider the temporal interaction between the many regions involved, the details of which may vary widely across different tasks.

Keywords

Linking hypothesesFigure perceptionSegmentationContoursObject shape processingDepth structure

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Linking performance and neural mechanisms in adults
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Visual Neuroscience , Volume 30 , Special Issue 5-6: Linking Hypotheses in Visual Neuroscience: A Tribute to Davida Teller , November 2013 , pp. 299 - 313
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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