Visual temporal integration

Visual temporal integration is a perceptual process of integrating a continuous and rapid stream of information into discrete perceptual episodes or ‘events’. Arguably, integrating over small temporal windows, as opposed to sampling ‘snapshots’, allows the brain to evaluate visual information more reliably.{{cite book|author1=Kay Stanney|author2=Kelly S. Hale|title=Advances in Cognitive Engineering and Neuroergonomics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6oVYBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA141|date=19 July 2014|publisher=Independent Publisher|isbn=978-1-4951-2101-2|pages=141–}} VTI by the brain reflects an important property of the world: the closer in time two pieces of information occur, the more likely it is that they will be part of the same ‘event’. Several other factors determine the brain’s integration window.{{cite journal| doi=10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.02.323 | volume=126 | title=The Role of Temporal Integration Windows in Visual Perception | year=2014 | journal=Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences | pages=92–93 | author=Melcher David, Wutz Andreas, Drewes Jan, Fairhall Scott| doi-access=free }}

One way in which scientists are studying visual temporal integration is by investigating the differences experienced by people with unusual ways of perceiving the world, for example through schizophrenia

or autism.{{cite book|title=Issues in Biological and Life Sciences Research: 2011 Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BIWBlV9TQB0C&pg=PT434|date=9 January 2012|publisher=ScholarlyEditions|isbn=978-1-4649-6335-3|pages=434–}}