Amodal completion is the phenomenon of perceiving completed objects even though
physically they are partially occluded. In this review, we provide an extensive overview of the …

Perceptual filling-in occurs when structures of the visual system interpolate information
across regions of visual space where that information is physically absent. It is a ubiquitous …

How does the brain learn to recognize objects visually, and perform this difficult feat robustly
in the face of many sources of ambiguity and variability? We present a computational model …

Core object recognition, the ability to rapidly recognize objects despite variations in their
appearance, is largely solved through the feedforward processing of visual information …

Standard models of the visual object recognition pathway hold that a largely feedforward
process from the retina through inferotemporal cortex leads to object identification. A …

Amodal completion is the representation of those parts of the perceived object that we get no
sensory stimulation from. In the case of vision, it is the representation of occluded parts of …

This book is about mental imagery and the important work it does in our mental life. It plays a
crucial role in the vast majority of our perceptual episodes. It also helps us understand many …

Past studies of shape coding in visual cortical area V4 have demonstrated that neurons can
accurately represent isolated shapes in terms of their component contour features. However …

This chapter discusses the phenomena of perceptual completion. First, a historic overview
on the phenomena of amodal and modal completion is given. Next, various approaches and …

Behavioral studies have suggested that bistable figure perception is mediated by spatial
attention. We tested this hypothesis using event-related functional MRI. During central …