Bernal S D_2010.pdf - University of Plymouth

Contents
Ab.stract V
AcknowlcdRcnients XV
Author's declaration xvii
1 Introduction 1
I. I Overview I
1.2 Main contributions 3
2 Object perception in the visual cortex 5
2.1 Object recognition 5
2.1.1 Principles and experimental evidence 5
2.1.2 Tlieorelical and compulalioniil models 15
2.2 High-level feedbaci; 24
2.2.1 Experimental evidence 24
2.2.2 Tiieoretical implications 33
2.2.3 Functional models of feedback 39
2.3 Illusory and occluded contours 49
2.3.1 Experimental evidence 50
2.3.2 Theoretical and Computational Models 54
2.4 Original contributions in this chapter 64
3 Uayesian networks and hclicf propagation 65
3.1 The Bayesian brain hypothesis 65
3.1.1 Generative models 65
3.1.2 Bayesian inference 66
3.1.3 Free-energy principle 68
3.1.4 Origins 70
3.2 Evidence from the brain 71
3.3 Dclinition and mathematical formulation 74
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