Active efficient coding explains the development of binocular vision and its failure in amblyopia.

ABSTRACT: The development of vision during the first months of life is an active process that comprises the learning of appropriate neural representations and the learning of accurate eye movements. While it has long been suspected that the two learning processes are coupled, there is still no widely accepted theoretical framework describing this joint development. Here, we propose a computational model of the development of active binocular vision to fill this gap. The model is based on a formulation of the active efficient coding theory, which proposes that eye movements as well as stimulus encoding are jointly adapted to maximize the overall coding efficiency. Under healthy conditions, the model self-calibrates to perform accurate vergence and accommodation eye movements. It exploits disparity cu

SUBMITTER: Eckmann S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7084066 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature