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Vector code differences and similarities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 1998

E. N. Sokolov
Affiliation:
Department of Psychophysiology, Moscow State Lomonosov University, Moscow 103009, Russiasokolov@cogsci.msu.su

Abstract

Edelman suggests that any shape is encoded by an excitation vector with components corresponding to excitations of corresponding neuronal modules. This results in discrimination of stimuli in a shape space of low dimensionality. Similar vector encoding is present in color vision. Red-green, blue-yellow, bright and dark neurons are modules that represent a number of different color stimuli in color space of low dimensionality. Vector encoding allows effective computation of color differences and color similarities. Such a neuronal vector-encoding approach has also been applied to the perception of visual movement, line orientation, and stereopsis.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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