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correspondence problem

the requirement that elements in one image must be matched by the visual system with the same elements in another image when the two images differ from one another in some respect. In stereopsis, the features seen through the left eye must be matched to the features seen through the right eye before depth information can be inferred. In apparent movement, the elements in one stationary image must be matched with the same elements in the next stationary image if the elements are to be perceived as moving. Theories of object recognition must take into account the ability to recognize objects as the same, even though they may appear from different perspectives in two different scenes. The correspondence problem is solved effortlessly by the visual system but has proven to be extremely difficult to solve in artificial vision.

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true schizophrenia

see nuclear schizophrenia.