Visual Perception and the Statistical Properties of Natural Scenes

The environments in which we live and the tasks we must perform to survive and reproduce have shaped the design of our perceptual systems through evolution and experience. Therefore, direct measurement of the statistical regularities in natural environments (scenes) has great potential value for adv...

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Published in:Annual review of psychology 2008, Vol.59 (1), p.167-192
Main Author: GEISLER, Wilson S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bayes Theorem
Biological and medical sciences
Color Perception - physiology
Data Interpretation, Statistical
Eye Movements - physiology
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Motion Perception - physiology
Perception
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Sensory perception
Space Perception - physiology
Statistics
Vision
Visual Perception - physiology
Visualization
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Summary:The environments in which we live and the tasks we must perform to survive and reproduce have shaped the design of our perceptual systems through evolution and experience. Therefore, direct measurement of the statistical regularities in natural environments (scenes) has great potential value for advancing our understanding of visual perception. This review begins with a general discussion of the natural scene statistics approach, of the different kinds of statistics that can be measured, and of some existing measurement techniques. This is followed by a summary of the natural scene statistics measured over the past 20 years. Finally, there is a summary of the hypotheses, models, and experiments that have emerged from the analysis of natural scene statistics.
ISSN:0066-4308
1545-2085
DOI:10.1146/annurev.psych.58.110405.085632