Temporal Synchrony in Perceptual Grouping: a Critique

H. Farid

Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 6(7):284-288, 2002

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It has been hypothesized that the human visual system can use temporal synchrony for the perceptual grouping of image regions into unified objects, as proposed in some neural models. It is argued here, however, that previous psychophysical evidence for this hypothesis is due to stimulus artifacts, and that earlier studies do not, therefore, support the claims of synchrony sensitive grouping mechanisms or processes.