In the real world, objects never occur in isolation; they co-vary with other objects and
particular environments, providing a rich source of contextual associations to be exploited by …

Real-world visual input consists of rich scenes that are meaningfully composed of multiple
objects that interact in complex but predictable ways. Despite this complexity, humans can …

Information processing lies at the heart of human performance. This chapter describe the
characteristics of the different important stages of information processing, from perception of …

In natural vision, objects appear at typical locations, both with respect to visual space (eg, an
airplane in the upper part of a scene) and other objects (eg, a lamp above a table). Recent …

How does one perceive groups of people? It is known that functionally interacting objects
(eg, a glass and a pitcher tilted as if pouring water into it) are perceptually grouped. Here, we …

During natural vision, humans categorize the scenes they encounter: an office, the beach,
and so on. These categories are informed by knowledge of the way that objects co-occur in …

Humans can effectively search visual scenes by spatial location, visual feature, or whole
object. Here, we showed that visual search can also benefit from fast appraisal of relations …

Unlike rapid scene and object recognition from brief displays, little is known about
recognition of event categories and event roles from minimal visual information. In 3 …

Detection and recognition of social interactions unfolding in the surroundings is as vital as
detection and recognition of faces, bodies, and animate entities in general. We have …

Although memory of episodic associations is generally considered to be recollective in
nature, it has been suggested that when stimuli are experienced as a unit, familiarity …