Do computational models of vision need shape-based representations? Evidence from an individual with intriguing visual perceptions

Marcelo Armendariz^{1

2

3

4}, Will Xiao^{2

5}, Kasper Vinken⁶, Gabriel Kreiman^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
² Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines, Cambridge, MA, USA.
³ Laboratory for Neuro- and Psychophysiology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁴ Leuven Brain Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁵ Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
⁶ Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

Comment

Marcelo Armendariz et al. Cogn Neuropsychol. 2022 Feb.

. 2022 Feb;39(1-2):75-77.

doi: 10.1080/02643294.2022.2041588. Epub 2022 Feb 22.

Marcelo Armendariz^{1

2

3

4}, Will Xiao^{2

5}, Kasper Vinken⁶, Gabriel Kreiman^{1

2}

¹ Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
² Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines, Cambridge, MA, USA.
³ Laboratory for Neuro- and Psychophysiology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁴ Leuven Brain Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁵ Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
⁶ Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: Ventral visual cortex; computer vision models; intermediate representations; visual deficits.

Comment on

Shape-centered representations of bounded regions of space mediate the perception of objects.
Vannuscorps G, Galaburda A, Caramazza A. Vannuscorps G, et al. Cogn Neuropsychol. 2022 Feb;39(1-2):1-50. doi: 10.1080/02643294.2021.1960495. Epub 2021 Aug 24. Cogn Neuropsychol. 2022. PMID: 34427539