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Neural Representations of Ensemble Mean and Variance Across Visual Features

2026-07-20

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Humans can rapidly extract summary statistics, such as the mean and variance of visual features, to efficiently represent complex visual environments despite limits in attention and working memory. For example, when viewing a field of flowers, we can perceive the average colour and overall variability of the display without individuating each flower. Although ensemble perception is central to visual cognition, two...

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DOI: 10.64898/2026.07.14.738506

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