Visual Perception and Reasoning: Integrating Cognitive Programs, Working Memory, Attention Control and Visual Processing
Abstract
The human ability of perception and of perceptual reasoning is almost taken for granted. It is mostly effortless and ubiquitous within human behavior. Although there has been significant work as well as success on the sensing and early perceptual side from both basic and applied research communities, there is much that remains especially with respect to visual reasoning abilities. Our particular emphasis is on one of those less well-examined aspects, specifically, on the role of visual attention, broadly defined, in visual perception and reasoning. We approach this not by doing further experiments and modeling new data; rather, an existing and prominent theory (Selective Tuning) will be expanded with new elements that connect it to important cognitive components such as working memory and task control. This expansion will include integrating its functionality with the best of related current work, such as deep learning networks, but also the development of innovative methods for representing neural networks with broader functions, always constraining development by a modern view of the human neurobiology of perception and visual cognition and by real-world resource limitations. Our research will define and test the processes required for a cognitive agent to accept task instructions, convert those into plans for execution, and complete those tasks with an emphasis on elucidating how visual attention and visual reasoning interact.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Apr 09, 2018
- Source ID
- FA95501810054
Entities
People
- John Tsotsos
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- United States Air Force
- University of York