A rich behavioral literature has shown that human object recognition is supported by a
representation of shape that is tolerant to variations in an object's appearance …

Although shape perception is considered a function of the ventral visual pathway, evidence
suggests that the dorsal pathway also derives shape-based representations. In two …

Humans rely heavily on shape similarity among objects for object categorization and
identification. Studies using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) have shown that …

Object perception seems effortless to us, but it depends on intensive neural processing
across multiple stages in ventral pathway visual cortex. Shape information at the retinal level …

Visual shape recognition—the ability to recognize a wide variety of shapes regardless of
their size, position, view, clutter and ambient lighting—is a remarkable ability essential for …

Growing evidence suggests that the functional specialization of the two cortical visual
pathways may not be as distinct as originally proposed. Here, we explore possible …

Visual shape recognition in primates depends on a multi-stage pathway running from
primary visual cortex (V1) to inferotemporal cortex (IT). The mechanisms by which local …

The idea of two parallel hierarchical pathways in vision has fueled a great deal of research
and enhanced our understanding of visual processing in the brain. However, after 25 years …

Shape perception is crucial for object recognition. However, it remains unknown exactly how
shape information is represented and used by the visual system. Here, we tested the …

Recent physiological findings are reviewed and synthesized into a model of shape
processing and object recognition. Gestalt laws (eg good continuation, closure) and 'non …