The functional architecture of the object vision pathway in the human
brain was investigated using functional magnetic resonance imaging
to measure patterns of response in ventral temporal cortex while
subjects viewed faces, cats, five categories of man-made objects,
and nonsense pictures. A distinct pattern of response was found for
each stimulus category. The distinctiveness of the response to a
given category was not due simply to the regions that responded maximally
to that category, because the category being viewed also could be
identified on the basis of the pattern of response when those regions
were excluded from the analysis. Patterns of response that discriminated
among all categories were found even within cortical regions that
responded maximally to only one category. These results indicate
that the representations of faces and objects in ventral temporal
cortex are widely distributed and overlapping.
%0 Journal Article
%1 Haxby2001
%A Haxby, J. V.
%A Gobbini, M. I.
%A Furey, M. L.
%A Ishai, A.
%A Schouten, J. L.
%A Pietrini, P.
%D 2001
%J Science
%K (Psychology); Brain Face; Female; Form Humans; Imaging; Lobe; Magnetic Male; Mapping; Pathways Pattern Perception; Recognition Recognition, Resonance Temporal Visual Visual;
%P 2425--2430
%R 10.1126/science.1063736
%T Distributed and overlapping representations of faces and objects
in ventral temporal cortex.
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1063736
%V 293
%X The functional architecture of the object vision pathway in the human
brain was investigated using functional magnetic resonance imaging
to measure patterns of response in ventral temporal cortex while
subjects viewed faces, cats, five categories of man-made objects,
and nonsense pictures. A distinct pattern of response was found for
each stimulus category. The distinctiveness of the response to a
given category was not due simply to the regions that responded maximally
to that category, because the category being viewed also could be
identified on the basis of the pattern of response when those regions
were excluded from the analysis. Patterns of response that discriminated
among all categories were found even within cortical regions that
responded maximally to only one category. These results indicate
that the representations of faces and objects in ventral temporal
cortex are widely distributed and overlapping.
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abstract = {The functional architecture of the object vision pathway in the human
brain was investigated using functional magnetic resonance imaging
to measure patterns of response in ventral temporal cortex while
subjects viewed faces, cats, five categories of man-made objects,
and nonsense pictures. A distinct pattern of response was found for
each stimulus category. The distinctiveness of the response to a
given category was not due simply to the regions that responded maximally
to that category, because the category being viewed also could be
identified on the basis of the pattern of response when those regions
were excluded from the analysis. Patterns of response that discriminated
among all categories were found even within cortical regions that
responded maximally to only one category. These results indicate
that the representations of faces and objects in ventral temporal
cortex are widely distributed and overlapping.},
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author = {Haxby, J. V. and Gobbini, M. I. and Furey, M. L. and Ishai, A. and Schouten, J. L. and Pietrini, P.},
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journal = {Science},
keywords = {(Psychology); Brain Face; Female; Form Humans; Imaging; Lobe; Magnetic Male; Mapping; Pathways Pattern Perception; Recognition Recognition, Resonance Temporal Visual Visual;},
pages = {2425--2430},
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timestamp = {2007-12-16T20:00:24.000+0100},
title = {Distributed and overlapping representations of faces and objects
in ventral temporal cortex.},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1063736},
volume = 293,
year = 2001
}