This Element outlines the recent understanding of ensemble representations in perception
in a holistic way aimed to engage the general audience, novel and expert alike. The …

Over the past three decades, object recognition moved away from domain-general
questions, favoring investigation of putative category-specific mechanisms. But growing …

People can report summary statistics for various features about a group of objects. One
theory is that different abilities support ensemble judgments about low-level features like …

People can summarize features of groups of objects (eg, the mean size of apples). Claims of
dissociations or common mechanisms supporting such ensemble perception (EP) …

Visual perception is capable of pooling multiple local orientation signals into a single more
accurate summary orientation. However, there is still a lack of systematic inquiry into which …

Two experiments investigated what eye movements can reveal about how we process
surprising information and how we update mental models in dynamic and unstructured …

The visual world is full of detail. This Element focuses on this variability in perception, asking
how it affects performance in visual tasks and how the variability is represented by human …

Most people are good at estimating summary statistics for different features of groups of
objects. For instance, people can selectively attend to different features of a group of lines …

Vision scientists have long pursued an understanding of how the visual system manages a
deluge of information within its biological limitations. One computational strategy that the …

Previous research in the field of intuitive statistics, ensemble processing, and social diversity
judgments have found that people are subject to biases when making judgments about …