title: The topography of high-order human object areas.
abstract: Cortical topography is one of the most fundamental organizing principles of cortical areas. One such topography - eccentricity mapping - is present even in high-order, ventral stream visual areas. Within these areas, different object categories have specific eccentricity biases. In particular, faces, letters and words appear to be associated with central visual-field bias, whereas buildings are associated with a peripheral one. We propose that resolution needs are an important factor in organizing object representations: objects whose recognition depends on analysis of fine detail will be associated with central-biased representations, whereas objects whose recognition entails large-scale integration will be more peripherally biased.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Neurobiology, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100, Rehovot, Israel
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Malach
authors.forename: Ifat
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Levy
authors.forename: Uri
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hasson