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ArticleJournal of vision2018

Deep learning-Using machine learning to study biological vision.

Najib J Majaj, Denis G Pelli

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Article in Journal of vision, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
5.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. The Comparison of Human and Machine Performance in Object Recognition.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  13. Performance vs. competence in human-machine comparisons.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020
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  15. Humans can decipher adversarial images.Nature communications · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Najib J MajajCenter for Neural Science, New York University, New York, NY, USA.
Denis G PelliDepartment of Psychology and Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, NY, USA.
New York University · US

Funding

Development of function in extrastriate visual cortexR01EY024914 · NEI · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY · PI KIORPES, LYNNE, MOVSHON, J ANTHONY · 2015 to 2019
$2.4M
Studying crowding as a window into object recognition and development and health of visual cortexR01EY027964 · NEI · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY · PI PELLI, DENIS G · 2018 to 2020
$1.2M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY024914NEI NIH HHS R01 EY027964
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many vision science studies employ machine learning, especially the version called "deep learning." Neuroscientists use machine learning to decode neural responses. Perception scientists try to understand how living organisms recognize objects. To them, deep neural networks offer benchmark accuracies for recognition of learned stimuli. Originally machine learning was inspired by the brain. Today, machine learning is used as a statistical tool to decode brain activity. Tomorrow, deep neural networks might become our best model of brain function. This brief overview of the use of machine learning in biological vision touches on its strengths, weaknesses, milestones, controversies, and current directions. Here, we hope to help vision scientists assess what role machine learning should play in their research.

Indexed as

Deep LearningNeural Networks, ComputerAlgorithmsBrainHumansVision, Ocular

Identifiers

PMID30508427
PMCPMC6279369
OpenAlexW2953310191

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