The representation of visual scenes Export

@article{citeulike:5290879, abstract = {The visual world exists all around us, yet this information must be gleaned through a succession of eye fixations in which high visual acuity is limited to the small foveal region of each retina. In spite of these physiological constraints, we experience a richly detailed and continuous visual world. Research on transsaccadic memory, perception, picture memory and imagination of scenes will be reviewed. Converging evidence suggests that the representation of visual scenes is much more schematic and abstract than our immediate experience would indicate. The visual system may have evolved to maximize comprehension of discrete views at the expense of representing unnecessary detail, but through the action of attention it allows the viewer to access detail when the need arises. This capability helps to maintain the 'illusion' of seeing a rich and detailed visual world at every glance.}, author = {Intraub, H.}, citeulike-article-id = {5290879}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1364-6613(97)01067-X}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S136466139701067X}, doi = {10.1016/S1364-6613(97)01067-X}, issn = {13646613}, journal = {Trends in Cognitive Sciences}, keywords = {\_2sync, boundary-extension, natural-scenes, vision}, month = {September}, number = {6}, pages = {217--222}, posted-at = {2009-07-28 15:08:54}, priority = {4}, title = {The representation of visual scenes}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1364-6613(97)01067-X}, volume = {1}, year = {1997} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5290879 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5290879 N2 - The visual world exists all around us, yet this information must be gleaned through a succession of eye fixations in which high visual acuity is limited to the small foveal region of each retina. In spite of these physiological constraints, we experience a richly detailed and continuous visual world. Research on transsaccadic memory, perception, picture memory and imagination of scenes will be reviewed. Converging evidence suggests that the representation of visual scenes is much more schematic and abstract than our immediate experience would indicate. The visual system may have evolved to maximize comprehension of discrete views at the expense of representing unnecessary detail, but through the action of attention it allows the viewer to access detail when the need arises. This capability helps to maintain the ‘illusion’ of seeing a rich and detailed visual world at every glance. IS - 6 JF - Trends in Cognitive Sciences SN - 13646613 EP - 222 TI - The representation of visual scenes VL - 1 SP - 217 KW - _2sync KW - boundary-extension KW - natural-scenes KW - vision AU - Intraub, H PY - 1997/09// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1364-6613(97)01067-X ER -