?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Canonical+Views+in+Object+Representation+and+Recognition&rft.creator=Cutzu%2C+Florin&rft.creator=Edelman%2C+Shimon&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=Human+performance+in+the+recognition+of+3D+objects%2C+as+measured+by+response+times+and+error+rates%2C+frequently+depends+on+the+orientation+of+the+object+with+respect+to+the+observer.+We+investigated+the+dependence+of+response+time+(RT)+and+error+rate+(ER)+on+stimulus+orientation+for+a+class+of+random+wire-like+objects.+First%2C+we+found+no+evidence+for+universally+valid+canonical+views%3A+the+best+view+according+to+one+subject's+data+was+often+hardly+recognized+by+other+subjects.+Second%2C+a+subject+by+subject+analysis+showed+that+the+RT%2FER+scores+were+not+linearly+dependent+on+the+shortest+angular+distance+in+3D+to+the+best+view%2C+as+predicted+by+the+mental+rotation+theories+of+recognition.+Rather%2C+the+performance+was+significantly+correlated+with+an+image-plane+feature+by+feature+deformation+distance+between+the+presented+view+and+the+best+(shortest-RT+and+lowest-ER)+view.+Our+results+suggest+that+measurement+of+image-plane+similarity+to+a+few+(subject-specific)+feature+patterns+is+a+better+model+than+mental+rotation+for+the+mechanism+used+by+the+human+visual+system+to+recognize+objects+across+changes+in+their+3D+orientation.&rft.date=1994&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpostscript&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F581%2F2%2F199711015.ps&rft.identifier=++Cutzu%2C+Florin+and+Edelman%2C+Shimon++(1994)+Canonical+Views+in+Object+Representation+and+Recognition.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F581%2F