Object attributes combine additively in visual search

Pramod, RT and Arun, SP (2016) Object attributes combine additively in visual search. In: JOURNAL OF VISION, 16 (5).

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Abstract

We perceive objects as containing a variety of attributes: local features, relations between features, internal details, and global properties. But we know little about how they combine. Here, we report a remarkably simple additive rule that governs how these diverse object attributes combine in vision. The perceived dissimilarity between two objects was accurately explained as a sum of (a) spatially tuned local contour-matching processes modulated by part decomposition; (b) differences in internal details, such as texture; (c) differences in emergent attributes, such as symmetry; and (d) differences in global properties, such as orientation or overall configuration of parts. Our results elucidate an enduring question in object vision by showing that the whole object is not a sum of its parts but a sum of its many attributes.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	JOURNAL OF VISION
Publisher:	ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC
Additional Information:	Copy right for this article belongs to the ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC, 12300 TWINBROOK PARKWAY, ROCKVILLE, MD 20852-1606 USA
Department/Centre:	Division of Biological Sciences > Centre for Neuroscience
Date Deposited:	17 May 2016 05:07
Last Modified:	17 May 2016 05:07
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/53836

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