In classical models of object recognition, first, basic features (eg, edges and lines) are
analyzed by independent filters that mimic the receptive field profiles of V1 neurons. In a …

Visual masking is a technique used in cognitive research to understand pre-conscious
processes (priming, for example), consciousness, visual limits, and perception issues …

In primary visual cortex (V1), neuronal responses to stimuli inside the receptive field (RF) are
usually suppressed by stimuli in the RF surround. This suppression is orientation specific …

Masking and crowding are major phenomena associated with contextual modulations, but
the relationship between them remains unclear. We have recently shown that crowding is …

In visual crowding, the perception of a target deteriorates in the presence of nearby flankers.
Traditionally, target-flanker interactions have been considered as local, mostly deleterious …

The foveal-feedback mechanism supports peripheral object recognition by processing
information about peripheral objects in foveal retinotopic visual cortex. When a foveal object …

What is fundamental in vision has been discussed for millennia. For philosophical realists
and the physiological approach to vision, the objects of the outer world are truly given, and …

In crowding, perception of a target deteriorates in the presence of nearby flankers.
Surprisingly, perception can be rescued from crowding if additional flankers are added …

In crowding, perception of a target deteriorates in the presence of nearby flankers.
Traditionally, it is thought that visual crowding obeys Bouma's law, ie, all elements within a …

Crowding refers to the failure to identify a peripheral object due to nearby objects (flankers).
A hallmark of crowding is inner–outer asymmetry; that is, the outer flanker (more peripheral) …