Top encoded features in fusiform-lh (10 / 67)

Totals: semantic = 43 / 218, perceptual = 5 / 11

Features were ranked based on the median peak score over 9 subjects. A row in the table also shows the median time point when that feature reached its peak score (medians taken over 9 subjects). All features shown were significantly predicted with p < 10-5 (corrected for multiple comparisons over features, regions, and time).

Semantic features are shown in upper case, and perceptual features in lower case.

Rank Feature Median time (s)
1Word length0.10
2DOES IT GROW?0.40
3IS IT MANMADE?0.45
4IS IT CONSCIOUS?0.45
5DOES IT HAVE EARS?0.45
6IS IT ALIVE?0.45
7IS IT AN ANIMAL?0.45
8CAN IT BITE OR STING?0.45
9IS IT MANUFACTURED?0.45
10IS IT HOLLOW?0.65
11DOES IT HAVE A BACKBONE?0.45
12IS IT TALLER THAN A PERSON?0.40
13Prickiliness0.45
14IS IT A BODY PART?0.20
15WAS IT EVER ALIVE?0.40
16CAN IT CAUSE YOU PAIN?0.10
17WAS IT INVENTED?0.45
18Verticality0.25
19IS IT HAIRY?0.45
20DOES IT HAVE FEELINGS?0.15
21WOULD YOU FIND IT IN A GARDEN?0.40
22DOES IT HAVE FEET?0.45
23WOULD YOU FIND IT IN A SCHOOL?0.60
24White pixel count0.30
25DOES IT HAVE SOME SORT OF NOSE?0.25
26IS IT AN INSECT?0.30
27DOES IT HAVE HORNS / THORNS / SPIKES?0.35
28IS ONE MORE THAN ONE COLORED?0.00
29DOES IT HAVE INTERNAL STRUCTURE?0.40
30IS IT A BUILDING PART?0.40
31DOES IT LIVE IN GROUPS?0.45
32IS IT A PREDATOR?0.55
33DOES IT HAVE SEEDS?0.55
34DOES IT HAVE PAWS?0.35
35IS IT PART OF SOMETHING LARGER?0.45
36WOULD YOU FIND IT ON A FARM?0.05
37Right-diagonalness0.20
38IS IT HARD TO CATCH?0.15
39CAN YOU PET IT?0.50
40CAN IT SWIM?0.15
41DOES IT PROVIDE SHADE?0.25
42DOES IT HAVE FLAT / STRAIGHT SIDES?0.60
43IS IT MADE OF METAL?0.40
44DOES IT HAVE A FACE?0.45
45IS IT BIGGER THAN A CAR?0.25
46DOES IT HAVE PARTS?0.65
47IS IT A MAMMAL?0.30
48DO YOU HOLD IT TO USE IT?0.30