Treffer: Natural scene statistics mediate the perception of image complexity

Title:
Natural scene statistics mediate the perception of image complexity
Authors:
Gauvrit, Nicolas, Soler Toscano, Fernando, Zenil, Hector
Contributors:
Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Filosofía y Lógica y Filosofía de la Ciencia
Publisher Information:
Taylor & Francis
Publication Year:
2017
Collection:
idUS - Deposito de Investigación Universidad de Sevilla
Subject Terms:
Visual complexity, Visual perception, Algorithmic complexity, Randomness
Document Type:
Fachzeitschrift article in journal/newspaper
Language:
English
Relation:
Visual cognition, 22 (8), 1084-1091.; http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13506285.2014.950365; https://idus.us.es/handle/11441/64152
Availability:
https://idus.us.es/handle/11441/64152
Rights:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ ; info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Accession Number:
edsbas.E831A9BA
Database:
BASE

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Humans are sensitive to complexity and regularity in patterns (Falk & Konold, 1997; Yamada, Kawabe, & Miyazaki, 2013). The subjective perception of pattern complexity is correlated to algorithmic (or Kolmogorov-Chaitin) complexity as defined in computer science (Li & Vitányi, 2008), but also to the frequency of naturally occurring patterns (Hsu, Griffiths, & Schreiber, 2010). However, the possible mediational role of natural frequencies in the perception of algorithmic complexity remains unclear. Here we reanalyze Hsu et al. (2010) through a mediational analysis, and complement their results in a new experiment. We conclude that human perception of complexity seems partly shaped by natural scenes statistics, thereby establishing a link between the perception of complexity and the effect of natural scene statistics.