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2 claims from 2 papers

1. Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms

   Emergence of simple-cell receptive field properties by learning a sparse code for natural images

   Olshausen and Field · Nature · 1996

   A learning algorithm that seeks sparse linear codes for natural images develops localized, oriented, bandpass receptive fields like those of simple cells in primary visual cortex.

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   1. UncheckedA sparse code learned from natural images is described as a more efficient representation because its outputs are more statistically independent.“The resulting sparse image code provides a more efficient representation for later stages of processing because it possesses a higher degree of statistical independence among its outputs.”

2. Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms

   Two what, two where, visual cortical streams in humans

   Rolls · Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews · 2024

   A review proposing, from recent cortical connectivity work, that humans have two 'What' and two 'Where' visual streams, each linked to other brain systems such as memory, emotion and action.

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   1. UncheckedA ventromedial visual pathway in humans builds scene features and sends location inputs, via the parahippocampal scene area, to the memory system and navigation.“A ventromedial 'Where' visual stream builds feature combinations for scenes, and provides 'Where' inputs via the parahippocampal scene area to the hippocampal episodic memory system that are also useful for landmark-based navigation.”