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A model of visual perception

Biological Cybernetics volume 39, pages 79–85 (1981)Cite this article

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In this paper we propose a model of visual perception in which a positive feedback mechanism can reproduce the pattern stimulus on a neurons screen. The pattern stimulus reproduction is based on informations coming from the spatial derivatives of visual pattern. This information together with the response of the feature extractors provides to the reproduction of the visual pattern as neuron screen electric activity. We simulate several input patterns and prove that the model reproduces the percept.

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  1. Istituto di Fisica Superiore, Università di Torino, Torino, Italy

    Laura Borello, Piero Penengo & Maria Lia Rossotti

  2. Istituto di Fisiologia Generale e Speciale degli Animali Domestici e Chimica Biologica, Università di Torino, Torino, Italy

    Mario Ferraro

  3. Unità di Torino del Gruppo Nazionale di Cibernetica e Biofisica del C.N.R., Italy

    Laura Borello, Mario Ferraro, Piero Penengo & Maria Lia Rossotti

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Borello, L., Ferraro, M., Penengo, P. et al. A model of visual perception. Biol. Cybern. 39, 79–85 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00336733

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Keywords

  • Feature Extractor
  • Positive Feedback Mechanism
  • Positive Feedback
  • Electric Activity
  • Extractor