Object recognition: the man who mistook his dog for a cat.
Neuropsychological studies of people with specific brain lesions have led to the theory that different parts of the brain are responsible for recognizing living and non-living objects. Now there is direct evidence from activity measurements that this is the case.
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Cognitive Science Research Centre, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, UK.
D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D002415:Cats; D004285:Dogs; D006801:Humans; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*