2017-09-042017-09-042014Gauvrit, N., Soler Toscano, F. y Zenil, H. (2014). Natural scene statistics mediate the perception of image complexity. Visual cognition, 22 (8), 1084-1091.1350-6285 (Impreso)1464-0716 (Electrónico)http://hdl.handle.net/11441/64152Humans are sensitive to complexity and regularity in patterns (Falk & Konold, 1997; Yamada, Kawabe, & Miyazaki, 2013). The subjective perception of pattern complexity is correlated to algorithmic (or Kolmogorov-Chaitin) complexity as defined in computer science (Li & Vitányi, 2008), but also to the frequency of naturally occurring patterns (Hsu, Griffiths, & Schreiber, 2010). However, the possible mediational role of natural frequencies in the perception of algorithmic complexity remains unclear. Here we reanalyze Hsu et al. (2010) through a mediational analysis, and complement their results in a new experiment. We conclude that human perception of complexity seems partly shaped by natural scenes statistics, thereby establishing a link between the perception of complexity and the effect of natural scene statistics.application/pdfenghttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Visual complexityVisual perceptionAlgorithmic complexityRandomnessinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://doi.org/10.1080/13506285.2014.950365