The importance of visual features in generic vs. specialized object recognition: a computational study.

ABSTRACT: It is debated whether the representation of objects in inferior temporal (IT) cortex is distributed over activities of many neurons or there are restricted islands of neurons responsive to a specific set of objects. There are lines of evidence demonstrating that fusiform face area (FFA-in human) processes information related to specialized object recognition (here we say within category object recognition such as face identification). Physiological studies have also discovered several patches in monkey ventral temporal lobe that are responsible for facial processing. Neuronal recording from these patches shows that neurons are highly selective for face images whereas for other objects we do not see such selectivity in IT. However, it is also well-supported that objects are encoded through

SUBMITTER: Ghodrati M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4141282 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature