Dear Users
This Thursday (from 4 pm in B020), David Coggan will give an internal
project proposal presentation on *"Adaptation to scrambled images in
category-selective regions of the ventral visual pathway*".
Abstract:
Category-selective responses in the ventral visual pathway have led
researchers to conclude that this region encodes high-level, categorical
representations. However, it is unclear whether these regions are truly
responding to the category of an object, or the low-level visual
properties that are commonly found in that category. Recently, we
demonstrated that category-selective patterns of neural activity in the
ventral visual pathway can be replicated with phase-scrambled images
that people cannot recognize, suggesting that low/mid-level image
properties, rather than high-level categorical properties determine
large-scale responses in this area. The proposed project develops on
this by asking whether we can also replicate category-specific
adaptation effects which have been found in this region using our
phase-scrambled, nonsense stimuli.
Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be available after
the seminar.
Best wishes
Rebecca
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Dr. Rebecca E. Millman
Science Liaison Officer
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Heslington
YO10 5DG
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614
Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356