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Figure—Ground Segregation in a Recurrent Network Architecture
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Here we propose a model of how the visual brain segregates textured scenes into figures and background. During texture segregation, locations where the properties of texture elements change abruptly are assigned to boundaries, whereas image regions that are relatively homogeneous are grouped together. Boundary detection and grouping of image regions require different connection schemes, which are accommodated in a single network architecture by implementing them in different layers. As a result, all units carry signals related to boundary detection as well as grouping of image regions, in accordance with cortical physiology. Boundaries yield an early enhancement of network responses, but at a later point, an entire figural region is grouped together, because units that respond to it are labeled with enhanced activity. The model predicts which image regions are preferentially perceived as figure or as background and reproduces the spatio-temporal profile of neuronal activity in the visual cortex during texture segregation in intact animals, as well as in animals with cortical lesions.
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- Authors
- Roelfsema, P. R., Lamme, V. A. F., Spekreijse, H., & Bosch, H.
- Affiliations
- University of Amsterdam (NL)
- University of Geneva (CH)
- Venue
- Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
- Publisher
- MIT Press - Journals
- Published
- 2002-05
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 525-537
- ISSN
- 0898-929X (ISSN-L)
- 1530-8898
- OpenAlex
- W2109887449
- Cited by
- 254
- References
- 64
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- FWCI
- 8.35
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
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- bronze
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- Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
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- UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
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- Pure Amsterdam UMC (submittedVersion)
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- Funders
- Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen
- Universiteit van Amsterdam
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Visual Attention and Saliency Detection
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural dynamics and brain function
- Keywords
- figure-ground segregation, texture segregation, recurrent neural networks, boundary detection, regional clustering, visual cortex, cortical lesions, neuronal activity dynamics, visual perception
- MeSH terms
- Feedback, Humans, Models, Neurological, Nerve Net, Visual Cortex, Visual Pathways, Visual Perception
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