How the brain recognizes objects

Monday, June 7, 2010 - 06:30 in Psychology & Sociology

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at MIT's McGovern Institute for Brain Research have developed a new mathematical model to describe how the human brain visually identifies objects. The model accurately predicts human performance on certain visual-perception tasks, which suggests that it`s a good indication of what actually happens in the brain, and it could also help improve computer object-recognition systems.

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