Abstract
To interact with the world, we have to make sense of the continuous sensory input conveying information about our environment. A recent surge of studies has investigated the processes enabling scene understanding, using increasingly complex stimuli and sophisticated analyses to highlight the visual features and brain regions involved. However, there are two major challenges to producing a comprehensive framework for scene understanding. First, scene perception is highly dynamic, subserving multiple behavioral goals. Second, a multitude of different visual properties co-occur across scenes and may be correlated or independent. We synthesize the recent literature and argue that for a complete view of scene understanding, it is necessary to account for both differing observer goals and the contribution of diverse scene properties.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 843–856 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Trends in Cognitive Sciences |
Volume | 20 |
Issue number | 11 |
Early online date | 18 Oct 2016 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Nov 2016 |
Profiles
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George Malcolm
- School of Psychology - Associate Professor in Psychology
- Cognition, Action and Perception - Member
- Developmental Science - Member
Person: Research Group Member, Academic, Teaching & Research