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Object Perception as Bayesian Inference

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Kersten, Daniel, Mamassian, Pascal, Yuille, Alan·2004·Annual Review of Psychology

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We perceive the shapes and material properties of objects quickly and reliably despite the complexity and objective ambiguities of natural images. Typical images are highly complex because they consist of many objects embedded in background clutter. Moreover, the image features of an object are extremely variable and ambiguous owing to the effects of projection, occlusion, background clutter, and illumination. The very success of everyday vision implies neural mechanisms, yet to be understood, that discount irrelevant information and organize ambiguous or noisy local image features into objects and surfaces. Recent work in Bayesian theories of visual perception has shown how complexity may be managed and ambiguity resolved through the task-dependent, probabilistic integration of prior object knowledge with image features.

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Authors
Kersten, D., Mamassian, P., & Yuille, A.
Affiliations
  • University of Minnesota (US)
  • University of Glasgow (GB)
  • University of California, Los Angeles (US)
Venue
Annual Review of Psychology
Published
2004-02-01
Volume
55
Issue
1
Pages
271-304
ISSN
  • 0066-4308 (ISSN-L)
  • 1545-2085
OpenAlex
W1497935377
Cited by
1,269
References
159
Citations by year
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FWCI
3.33
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Annual Review of Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
  • Department of Statistics, UCLA
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (5r01ey011507-04, 5r01ey012691-03)
  • National Eye Institute (R01EY013875, EY12691, R01 EY11507-001, EY013875, EY02587)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Bayesian Modeling and Causal Inference
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
Keywords
object perception, Bayesian inference, prior knowledge, probabilistic integration, object shape perception, occlusion, background clutter, illumination effects
MeSH terms
Bayes Theorem, Decision Making, Humans, Learning, Psychological Theory, Psychophysics, Visual Perception

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