Contextual modulation in high-level vision

本项目旨在了解空间语境调制的本质和机制，以及空间语境和时间语境之间的关系。语境调制是指视觉图像的外观因跨越时空的相互作用而发生的有时深刻的变化。对于物体的高层次属性以及与社会相关的刺激，如头部和身体，是否存在空间语境效应的研究很少。这个项目期望提供关于语境调节是如何通过正常人类视觉系统内的相互作用来调节的新知识。这将提供显著的社会效益，因为感觉处理过程中的上下文交互作用可能会对我们的感知体验产生深远的影响。

This project aims to understand the nature and mechanisms of spatial contextual modulation and the relationship between spatial and temporal context. Contextual modulation refers to the sometimes profound changes in the appearance of the visual image caused by interactions across space and time. Little work has been done to examine whether spatial context effects exist for high-level attributes of objects, and socially relevant stimuli such as heads and bodies. This project expects to provide new knowledge regarding the way that contextual modulation is mediated by interactions within the normal human visual system. This will provide significant societal benefits as contextual interactions in sensory processing can have profound consequences for our perceptual experience.