BACKGROUND Human observers can recognize three-dimensional objects seen in novel orientations, even when they have previously seen only a relatively small number of different views of the object. How our visual system does this is a key problem in vision research. Recent theories and experiments suggest that the human visual system might store a relatively small number of sample two-dimensional...

We examined the role of dynamic information in object representation and recognition. A sequential-matching task assessed whether recognition was affected by rotation direction, which changes the view order, but not recovered shape. An object rotating clockwise or counterclockwise in depth was followed by a static test object. Observers judged whether the two were the same. Recognition of novel...

This paper presents the novel paradigm of a global localization method motivated by human visual systems (HVSs). HVSs actively use the information of the object recognition results for self-position localization and for viewing direction. The proposed localization paradigm consisted of three parts: panoramic image acquisition, multiple object recognition, and grid-based localization. Multiple o...

To recognize objects quickly and accurately, mature visual systems build invariant object representations that generalize across a range of novel viewing conditions (e.g., changes in viewpoint). To date, however, the origins of this core cognitive ability have not yet been established. To examine how invariant object recognition develops in a newborn visual system, I raised chickens from birth ...

The sequence of images generated by motion between observer and object specifies a spatiotemporal signature for that object. Evidence is presented that such spatiotemporal signatures are used in object recognition. Subjects learned novel, three-dimensional, rotating objects from image sequences in a continuous recognition task. During learning, the temporal order of images of a given object was...

The sequence of images generated by motion between observer and object spec-iies a spatiotemporal signature for that object. Evidence is presented that such spatiotemporal signatures are used in object recognition. Subjects learned novel, three-dimensional, rotating objects from image sequences in a continuous recognition task. During learning, the temporal order of images of a given object was...

We hypothesized that mice subjected to prolonged stress would demonstrate decreased performance in a learning and memory task attributable to the endogenous activation of the opioid receptor (KOR). C57BL/6J mice were tested using the novel object recognition (NOR) assay at various time points after exposure to repeated forced swim stress (FSS). Unstressed mice demonstrated recognition of the no...

In the context of technologies development aiming at helping aged people to live independently at home, the CIRDO project aims at implementing an ASR system into a social inclusion product designed for elderly people in order to detect distress situations and provide capability to call for help. In this context we present a system able to detect distress and call for help sentences on line.