ISSN 1671-3710
CN 11-4766/R

›› 2011, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (1): 42-49.

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Specificity of Category-Related Areas in Ventral Visual Cortex

ZHANG Ye;LIU Qiang;ZHANG Qing-Lin   

  1. School of Psychology, Southwest University; Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality,
    Ministry of Education (SWU), Chongqing 400715, China
  • Received:2010-10-12 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2011-01-15 Published:2011-01-15
  • Contact: ZHANG Qing-Lin

Abstract: Recently, neuroimaging studies have shown that there might be certain modules in ventral visual cortex responsible for processing certain objects. However, whether those modules are category-specific is still not clear. The present review sums the relevant issues and provides possible directions for future research. It might involve: investigating whether subordinate regions are specific, testing the topologically distributed representation hypothesis, answering how category-specific areas communicate, and revealing the cognitive mechanism of these areas.

Key words: modules, ventral visual cortex, category-specific areas, specificity