Thinking beyond the ventral stream: Comment on Bowers et al.

Journal: The Behavioral and brain sciences
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Abstract

Bowers et al. rightly emphasise that deep learning models often fail to capture constraints on visual perception that have been discovered by previous research. However, the solution is not to discard deep learning altogether, but to design stimuli and tasks that more closely reflect the problems that biological vision evolved to solve, such as understanding scenes and preparing skilled action.

Authors

  • Christopher Summerfield
    DeepMind, 5 New Street Square, London, UK; Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
  • Jessica A F Thompson
    Human Information Processing Lab, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.