How Humans Recognize Objects: Segmentation, Categorization and Individual Identification

• Main Author: Chris Fields (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2016
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Psychology; multi-sensory integration; concepts; Vision; Computational modelling; binding; Perception; Touch; Comparative Neuroscience; Developmental Neuroscience
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Human beings experience a world of objects: bounded entities that occupy space and persist through time. Our actions are directed toward objects, and our language describes objects. We categorize objects into kinds that have different typical properties and behaviors. We regard some kinds of objects...