begood Posted June 7, 2010 Report Posted June 7, 2010 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at MIT's McGovern Institute for Brain Research have developed a new mathematical model to describe how the human brain visually identifies objects. The model accurately predicts human performance on certain visual-perception tasks, which suggests that it’s a good indication of what actually happens in the brain, and it could also help improve computer object-recognition systems.How the brain recognizes objects Quote