Discovering Structure from Motion in Monkey, Man and Machine

DISCOVERING STRUCfURE FROM MOTION IN MONKEY, MAN AND MACHINE Ralph M. Siegel· The Salk Institute of Biology, La Jolla, Ca. 92037 ABSTRACT The ability to obtain three-dimensional structure from visual motion is important for survival of human and nonhuman primates. Using a parallel processing model, the current work explores how the biological visual system might solve this problem and how the neurophysiologist might go about understanding the solution. In the present work, much effort has been expended mimicking the visual system. This was done for one main reason: the model was designed to help direct physiological experiments in the primate. It was hoped that if an approach for understanding the model could be developed, the approach could then be directed at the primate's visual system.