| ECVision indexed and annotated bibliography of cognitive computer vision publications This bibliography was created by Hilary Buxton and Benoit Gaillard, University of Sussex, as part of ECVision Specific Action 8-1 The complete text version of this BibTeX file is available here: ECVision_bibliography.bib
F. Crick and C. Koch
ABSTRACT
Visual awareness is a favorable form of consciousness to study neurobiologically. We propose that it takes two forms:a very fast form linked to iconic memory, that may be difficult to study; and a somewhat slower one involving visual attention and short term memory. In the slower form an attentional mechanism transiently binds together all those neurons whose activity relates to the relevant features of a single visual object. We subject this is done by generating coherent semi-synchronous oscillations, probably 40-70 Hz range. These oscillations then activate a transient short-term (working) memory. We outline several lines of experimental work that might advance the understanding of the neural mechanisms involved. The neural basis of very short-term memory especially needs more experimental study. |
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