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The Identity‐Location Binding Problem
Author(s) -
Howe Piers D. L.,
Ferguson Adam
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
cognitive science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.498
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1551-6709
pISSN - 0364-0213
DOI - 10.1111/cogs.12204
Subject(s) - object (grammar) , computer science , identity (music) , perception , artificial intelligence , computer vision , motion (physics) , factorial , visual search , pattern recognition (psychology) , type (biology) , theoretical computer science , communication , mathematics , psychology , neuroscience , mathematical analysis , physics , acoustics , ecology , biology
The binding problem is fundamental to visual perception. It is the problem of associating an object's visual properties with itself and not with some other object. The problem is made particular difficult because different properties of an object, such as its color, shape, size, and motion, are often processed independently, sometimes in different cortical areas. The results of these separate analyses have to be combined before the object can be seen as a single coherent entity as opposed to a collection of unconnected features. Visual bindings are typically initiated and updated in a serial fashion, one object at a time. Here, we show that one type of binding, location‐identity bindings, can be updated in parallel. We do this by using two complementary techniques, the simultaneous‐sequential paradigm and systems factorial technology. These techniques make different assumptions and rely on different behavioral measures, yet both came to the same conclusion.