From intermediate shape-centered representations to the perception of oriented shapes: response to commentaries

Cogn Neuropsychol. 2023 Aug 29:1-24. doi: 10.1080/02643294.2023.2250511. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIn this response paper, we start by addressing the main points made by the commentators on the target article's main theoretical conclusions: the existence and characteristics of the intermediate shape-centered representations (ISCRs) in the visual system, their emergence from edge detection mechanisms operating on different types of visual properties, and how they are eventually reunited in higher order frames of reference underlying conscious visual perception. We also address the much-commented issue of the possible neural mechanisms of the ISCRs. In the final section, we address more specific and general comments, questions, and suggestions which, albeit very interesting, were less directly focused on the main conclusions of the target paper.PMID:37642330 | DOI:10.1080/02643294.2023.2250511

Source: Cognitive Neuropsychology - August 29, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Gilles Vannuscorps Albert Galaburda Alfonso Caramazza Source Type: research