The role of color in high-level vision
Publication Type: |
Journal Article |
Year of Publication: |
2001 |
Authors: |
James Tanaka, Daniel Weiskopf, Pepper Williams |
Publication/Journal: |
TRENDS in Cognitive Sciences |
Keywords: |
color, colour, high-level vision, object color, object colour, object recognition, shape+surface, vision |
Abstract:
Traditional theories of object recognition have emphasized the role of shape information in high-level vision. However, the accumulating behavioral, neuroimaging and neuropsychological evidence indicates that the surface color of an object affects its recognition. In this article, we discuss the research that examines the conditions under which color influences the operations of high-level vision and the neural substrates that might mediate these operations. The relationship between object color and object recognition is summarized in the ‘Shape+Surface’ model of high-level vision.