Holographic
goodness is not that bad:
Reply to Olivers, Chater, and
Watson (2004)
Peter A. van der
Helm, Emanuel L. J. Leeuwenberg
Abstract.
The holographic approach (HA) to goodness (P. A. van der Helm &
E. L.
J. Leeuwenberg, 1991, 1996, 1999) is an ideal-observer theory at, in D.
Marr's
(1982) terms, the computational and algorithmic levels of description.
It
provides an explanation of the detectability of visual regularities
such
as mirror symmetry, repetition, and Glass patterns. C. L. N. Olivers,
N.
Chater, and D. G. Watson (2004) gave a picture of HA as if it were a
flawed theory. However, they gave a flawed picture containing factual
errors and misconceptions. Most of their alleged counter-evidence
actually supports HA's
unified account of perfect regularities, perturbed regularities, and
nested
regularities. Recent evidence indicates that HA may even lead to deeper
implementational
insight into the processing of spatial frequencies.
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Psychological
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