# Perceptual Context in Cognitive Hierarchies

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.02270 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/1801.02270/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 7 Jan 2018.

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [Online Learning and Planning in Cognitive Hierarchies](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2310.12386/) (2023)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Cognition does not only depend on bottom-up sensor feature abstraction, but also relies on contextual information being passed top-down. Context is higher level information that helps to predict belief states at lower levels. The main contribution of this paper is to provide a formalisation of perceptual context and its integration into a new process model for cognitive hierarchies. Several simple instantiations of a cognitive hierarchy are used to illustrate the role of context. Notably, we demonstrate the use context in a novel approach to visually track the pose of rigid objects with just a 2D camera.