Figure-ground separation by visual cortex

Author(s): Grossberg, S. |

Year: 1999

Citation: Encyclopedia of neuroscience, 716-721

Abstract: Figure-ground perception enables us to perceive objects that are distinct from one another and from their scenic background. The remarkable nature of figure-ground perception may be better appreciated when we reflect that percepts of the three-dimensional (3-D) world.

Topics: Biological Vision, Models: Other,

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