The objects behind the scenes: TMS to area LO disrupts object but not scene categorization

TMS to the Lateral Occipital Cortex Disrupts Object Processing but Facilitates Scene Processing

The study of brain-damaged patients and advancements in neuroimaging have lead to the discovery of discrete brain regions that process visual image categories, such as objects and scenes. However, how these visual image categories interact remains unclear. For example, is scene perception simply an extension of object perception, or can global scene "gist" be processed independently of its comp...

The occipital place area is causally and selectively involved in scene perception.

Functional magnetic resonance imaging has revealed a set of regions selectively engaged in visual scene processing: the parahippocampal place area (PPA), the retrosplenial complex (RSC), and a region around the transverse occipital sulcus (previously known as "TOS"), here renamed the "occipital place area" (OPA). Are these regions not only preferentially activated by, but also causally involved...

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to the Transverse Occipital Sulcus Affects Scene but Not Object Processing

Traditionally, it has been theorized that the human visual system identifies and classifies scenes in an object-centered approach, such that scene recognition can only occur once key objects within a scene are identified. Recent research points toward an alternative approach, suggesting that the global image features of a scene are sufficient for the recognition and categorization of a scene. W...

behind the scenes of surrogacy

Behind the Scenes

When we discussed the proposal for this special issue on business intelligence visualization, there was some concern regarding how it would t into CG&A’s scope. Depending on who’s involved in the discussion, business intelligence (or BI, as it’s lovingly called) has many de nitions, so some concern about scope creep could have been justi ed. At the same time, the term “BI” is used more often in...