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Summary: Brockmole & Franconeri, in press, Visual Cognition
Introduction to the Special Issue on Binding
James R. Brockmole 1
and Steven L. Franconeri 2
1
University of Edinburgh 2
Northwestern University
In many ways visual processing acts as a prism,
splitting visual information from the retinal image
into separately processed visual features such as
colours, shapes, sizes, or orientations. Binding
refers to the set of cognitive and neural mechanisms
that re-integrate these features to create a holistic
representation of the objects in the visual field. The
binding problem in vision refers to how this
integration is achieved. Because binding processes
must be applied to virtually every level of visual
processing, the binding problem is a ubiquitous one
that applies to perception, attention, working
memory, and long-term memory systems. It is
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