Speed of processing in the human visual system

By Simon J. Thorpe, D. Fize, Catherine Marlot. 1996

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View-tolerant face recognition and Hebbian learning imply mirror-symmetric neural tuning to head orientation (2016, neutral): “One could regard the acquisition of this set of familiar faces as the algorithm’s (unsupervised) training phase.”
Generalisation in humans and deep neural networks (2018, background): “We know, for example, that it is possible to reliably identify objects in the central visual ﬁeld within a single ﬁxation in less than 200 ms when viewing “standard” images [2–4].”
Bridging the Gaps Between Residual Learning, Recurrent Neural Networks and Visual Cortex (2016, background): “The evolutionary advantage of having fewer layers is apparent: it supports rapid (100msec from image onset to meaningful information in IT neural population) visual recognition, which is a key ability of human and non-human primates [31, 28].”
The Limits of Feedforward Vision: Recurrent Processing Promotes Robust Object Recognition when Objects Are Degraded (2012, background): “…as 100–150 msec on the computations that can take place before categorytuned brain areas become active, providing strong support for models based on a single feedforward sweep of responses (VanRullen & Koch, 2003; Li, VanRullen, Koch, & Perona, 2002; VanRullen & Thorpe, 2001; Thorpe et al., 1996).”
A Cortical Mechanism for Triggering Top-Down Facilitation in Visual Object Recognition (2003, unknown): “&”
Rate Coding Versus Temporal Order Coding: What the Retinal Ganglion Cells Tell the Visual Cortex (2001, methodology): “Previous experiments (e.g., Thorpe et al., 1996 ) suggest that under these conditions, information should be available to the visual cortex as early as 50 ms poststimulus.”
Distributed processing and temporal codes in neuronal networks (2009, unknown): “processing stage (Thorpe et al. 1996; van Rullen and Thorpe 2001).”
The perception and categorisation of emotional stimuli: A review (2010, background): “Object categorisation occurs very rapidly (Thorpe, Fize, & Marlot, 1996 ).”
Synchronization and pattern separation in spiking associative memories and visual cortical areas (2004, background): “In particular the idea that the first few spikes can determine the functional state of an organism ([183]; see argument T1) fits perfectly with the role of spikes in our model of spiking associative memory (see section 4.”