I.P. Pavlov Journal of Higher Nervous ActivityI.P. Pavlov Journal of Higher Nervous ActivityЖурнал высшей нервной деятельности им. И.П. Павлова0044-46773034-5316The Russian Academy of Sciences65204810.31857/S0044467723010057GIYDEOОБЗОРЫ И ТЕОРЕТИЧЕСКИЕ СТАТЬИSECOND-ORDER VISUAL MECHANISMS: REVIEW OF RESEARCHЗрительные механизмы второго порядка: обзор исследованийBabenkoV. V.БабенкоВ. В.babenko@sfedu.ruAcademy of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Southern Federal UniversityАкадемия психологии и педагогики, Южный федеральный университет0101202373132302022025Copyright ©; 2023, В.В. БабенкоCopyright ©; 2023, В.В. Бабенко2023В.В. БабенкоВ.В. Бабенкоhttps://innoscience.ru/0044-4677/article/view/652048

The review is devoted to the analysis of studies aimed at studying second-order visual filters as a mechanism for preattentive grouping of local visual information by striate neurons (first-order filters). The development of ideas about possible mechanisms for combining primary visual features is analyzed, with the emphasis on studies of the properties of second-order filters. The questions of spatial organization and principles of interaction of filters of the first and second orders are considered. The results indicating the multichannel nature of the pooling mechanism and possible relationship between the frequency and orientation settings of the filters of the first and second order are described. A model for organizing filters of the second order is presented, possible neurophysiological correlates of these mechanisms are analyzed, role of the second-order mechanisms in visual perception is considered.

Обзор посвящен анализу исследований, направленных на изучение зрительных фильтров второго порядка, как механизма преаттентивного группирования локальной зрительной информации, выделяемой стриарными нейронами (фильтрами первого порядка). Анализируется развитие представлений о возможных механизмах объединения первичных зрительных признаков, при этом акцент делается на исследованиях свойств фильтров второго порядка. Рассматриваются вопросы их пространственной организации и принципов взаимодействия фильтров первого и второго порядка. Описываются результаты, указывающие на многоканальность механизма группирования и возможную связь частотных и ориентационных настроек фильтров первого и второго порядка. Приводится модель организации фильтров второго порядка. Анализируются возможные нейрофизиологические корреляты указанных механизмов. Рассматривается возможная роль механизмов второго порядка в зрительном восприятии.

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