Cognitive neuroscience of visual object recognition
![Figure 1. This image, created based on Biederman's (1987) Recognition by Components theory, is an example of how objects can be broken down into Geons.](/Images/godic/202501/30/Breakdown_of_objects_into_Geons2956.png")
![The Dorsal Stream is shown in green and the Ventral Stream in purple.](/Images/godic/202501/30/Ventral-dorsal_streams.svg2956.png")
Object recognition is the ability to perceive an object’s physical properties (such as shape, colour and texture) and apply semantic attributes to the object, which includes the understanding of its use, previous experience with the object and how it relates to others.