Cortical dynamics of form perception

The neocortex is the seat of all higher biological intelligence. All sensory and cognitive neocortex is organized into layered circuits. A recent family or LAMINART models proposes how these layered circuit embody bottom-up, top-down, and horizontal interactions within the visual cortex to generate percepts of visual form. Results to date quantitatively explain perceptual, anatomical, and neurophysiological data about cortical development, learning, attention, perceptual grouping, and 3D vision. This foundation is rapidly leading to discoveries of how other cortical areas are specialized to carry out different perceptual and cognitive tasks. The parsimony and power of the circuits is also leading to more efficient algorithms for computer vision.