TY - JOUR
T1 - Elemental operations in vision
AU - Roelfsema, Pieter R.
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - Many cognitive tasks are serial in that they require several steps that have to be carried out in a sequence. Here, I outline a new theory of how these processing steps are implemented in vision by networks of neurons that span several areas of the cerebral cortex. The theory explains how individual neurons can contribute to the elementary processing steps, and also how several processing steps can be arranged in a sequence to form more complex visual routines, just as computer programs can be composed of sequences of instructions. Evidence in support of the theory comes from recent neurophysiological findings in monkeys engaged in complex visual tasks. It is likely that future work will allow these ideas to be generalized to other sensory modalities and cognitive functions
AB - Many cognitive tasks are serial in that they require several steps that have to be carried out in a sequence. Here, I outline a new theory of how these processing steps are implemented in vision by networks of neurons that span several areas of the cerebral cortex. The theory explains how individual neurons can contribute to the elementary processing steps, and also how several processing steps can be arranged in a sequence to form more complex visual routines, just as computer programs can be composed of sequences of instructions. Evidence in support of the theory comes from recent neurophysiological findings in monkeys engaged in complex visual tasks. It is likely that future work will allow these ideas to be generalized to other sensory modalities and cognitive functions
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2005.03.012
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2005.03.012
M3 - Review article
C2 - 15866149
SN - 1364-6613
VL - 9
SP - 226
EP - 233
JO - Trends in cognitive sciences
JF - Trends in cognitive sciences
IS - 5
ER -