Neural Computation of Statistical Image Properties in Peripheral Vision

In the peripheral field of view our visual system provides a much lower image quality than in the central region. This has often been attributed to a mere loss of spatial acuity, but recent investigations suggest that the system uses a more refined strategy. For lowering its data load it computes a statistical summary representation based on low-level image features. In a recent modeling approach the summary statistics refer to classical statistical measures, like autoand crosscorrelations, operating on wavelet-like filter outputs.