Attention in Stereo Vision: Implications for Computational Models of Attention

The stereo correspondence problem is a topic that has been the subject of considerable research effort. What has not yet been considered is an analogue of stereo correspondence in the domain of attention. In this chapter we bring this problem to light revealing important implications for computational models of attention and in particular how these implications constrain the problem of computational modeling of attention. A model is described which addresses attention in the stereo domain, and it is revealed that a variety of behaviors observed in binocular rivalry experiments are consistent with the model’s behavior. Finally, we consider how constraints imposed by stereo vision may suggest analogous constraints in other nonstereo feature domains with significant consequence to computational models of attention.