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Chaos in percepts?

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Richards, W; Wilson, HR; Sommer, MA
Published in: Biological cybernetics
January 1994

Multistability in perceptual tasks has suggested that the mechanisms underlying our percepts might be modeled as nonlinear, deterministic systems that exhibit chaotic behavior. We present evidence supporting this view, obtaining an estimate of 3.5 for the dimensionality of such a system. A surprising result is that this estimate applies for a rather diverse range of perceptual tasks.

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Published In

Biological cybernetics

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EISSN

1432-0770

ISSN

0340-1200

Publication Date

January 1994

Volume

70

Issue

4

Start / End Page

345 / 349

Related Subject Headings

  • Visual Perception
  • Vision, Binocular
  • Nonlinear Dynamics
  • Neurons
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Motion Pictures
  • Models, Psychological
  • Models, Neurological
  • Humans
  • Eye Movements
 

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Richards, W., Wilson, H. R., & Sommer, M. A. (1994). Chaos in percepts? Biological Cybernetics, 70(4), 345–349. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00200331
Richards, W., H. R. Wilson, and M. A. Sommer. “Chaos in percepts?Biological Cybernetics 70, no. 4 (January 1994): 345–49. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00200331.
Richards W, Wilson HR, Sommer MA. Chaos in percepts? Biological cybernetics. 1994 Jan;70(4):345–9.
Richards, W., et al. “Chaos in percepts?Biological Cybernetics, vol. 70, no. 4, Jan. 1994, pp. 345–49. Epmc, doi:10.1007/bf00200331.
Richards W, Wilson HR, Sommer MA. Chaos in percepts? Biological cybernetics. 1994 Jan;70(4):345–349.
Journal cover image

Published In

Biological cybernetics

DOI

EISSN

1432-0770

ISSN

0340-1200

Publication Date

January 1994

Volume

70

Issue

4

Start / End Page

345 / 349

Related Subject Headings

  • Visual Perception
  • Vision, Binocular
  • Nonlinear Dynamics
  • Neurons
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Motion Pictures
  • Models, Psychological
  • Models, Neurological
  • Humans
  • Eye Movements