Object-form topology in the ventral temporal lobe
Trends in Cognitive SciencesPublished 1 January 2000
J.V. Haxby, Alumit Ishai, Linda L. Chao, Leslie G. Ungerleider, Alex Martin
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A model of the functional architecture of ventral temporal cortex that is based on widely distributed, overlapping representations would be more able to accommodate the proliferation of distinct, category-related patterns.
Abstract
In her thoughtful comment on the functional organization of ventral temporal cortex, Isabel Gauthier clearly outlines the hypotheses that have been proposed and are currently being investigated with functional brain imaging [Gauthier, I. (2000) What constrains the organization of the ventral temporal cortex? Trends Cognit. Sci. 4, 1–2]1. One of those models, which we call the object form topology hypothesis, was proposed by us in a recent paper2 that motivated Gauthier's comment. In this reply, we would like to explain why we have proposed the object-form topology hypothesis and clarify what we believe are its most salient aspects.
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