Perceptual organization and object recognition

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One of the main goals of the visual system is to recognize objects so that we may interact with them appropriately. Although recognition of people, places and things typically appears to be effortless and instantaneous, the processes underlying such recognition are complex and the visual system must undergo tremendous obstacles for recognition to occur. For example, various elements of the raw images that reach our eyes must be organized appropriately, so that we perceive coherent, meaningful, complete objects rather than inappropriately semented, confusing scenes. Given the complexity of the recognition process, it is not surprising that we have relatively little understanding of the neural mechanisms underlying recognition. The objective of the current proposal is to advance that understanding, with an emphasis on issues related to perceptual organization and object recognition.