We summarize the various strands of research on peripheral vision and relate them to
theories of form perception. After a historical overview, we describe quantifications of the …

Three classes of perceptual phenomena have repeatedly been associated with autism
spectrum disorder (ASD): superior processing of fine detail (local structure), either inferior …

Much work in the cognitive neuroscience of schizophrenia has focused on attention,
memory, and executive functioning. To date, less work has focused on perceptual …

Biological structures can be seen as collections of special devices coordinated by a matrix of
organization. Devices are dif? cult to evolve and are meticulously conserved through the …

Psychophysical, neurophysiological and anatomical research of the last few years has
converged on a new explanation of how the components of a contour become integrated …

Channel-based models of human spatial vision require that the output of spatial filters be
pooled across space. This pooling yields global estimates of local feature attributes such as …

It is generally believed that the acuity of the peripheral visual field is too poor to allow
accurate object recognition and, that to be identified, most objects need to be brought into …

This review focuses on low and intermediate stages of contour shape processing. It is split
into two main sections,'Contour Detection'and 'Shape Discrimination and Representation' …

The spiking response of a primary visual cortical cell to a stimulus placed within its receptive
field can be up-and down-regulated by the simultaneous presentation of objects or scenes …

Our understanding of visual processing in general, and contour integration in particular, has
undergone great change over the last 10 years. There is now an accumulation of …