The
resurrection of simplicity in vision
Peter A. van der
Helm
Abstract. Since
early in the 20th century, simplicity has been considered a relevant
factor in visual form and object perception, albeit with some ups and
downs. Since the 1990s, other sciences have also shown an interest in
simplicity as a driving modelling factor. This recent interest has been
triggered by intriguing findings in a mathematical research line,
called algorithmic information theory (AIT), that started in the mid
1960s. As I argue here, these AIT
findings support but cannot replace the independent perceptual research
line that started in the early 1950s with Hochberg and McAlister's
(1953)
information-theoretic simplicity idea.
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In
M. A. Peterson, B. Gillam, & H. A. Sedgwick (Eds.), In the Mind's Eye: Julian
Hochberg on the Perception of Pictures, Films, and the World
(pp. 518--524). New York: Oxford University Press (2007) |
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