Top encoded features in inferiorparietal-lh (2 / 67)

Totals: semantic = 68 / 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)
1IS IT BIGGER THAN A CAR?0.45
2Word length0.10
3CAN YOU PICK IT UP?0.40
4IS IT AN ANIMAL?0.40
5CAN YOU HOLD IT?0.40
6IS IT ALIVE?0.40
7CAN YOU HOLD IT IN ONE HAND?0.35
8IS IT MANMADE?0.40
9CAN IT BITE OR STING?0.35
10IS IT TALLER THAN A PERSON?0.35
11Prickiliness0.20
12DOES IT HAVE A FACE?0.35
13White pixel count0.30
14IS IT HAIRY?0.45
15IS IT BIGGER THAN A LOAF OF BREAD?0.35
16DOES IT HAVE FEELINGS?0.60
17DOES IT GROW?0.35
18IS IT HOLLOW?0.35
19DO YOU HOLD IT TO USE IT?0.40
20IS IT BIGGER THAN A MICROWAVE OVEN?0.35
21IS IT WILD?0.35
22DOES IT HAVE CORNERS?0.20
23IS IT BIGGER THAN A BED?0.25
24CAN IT CLIMB TREES?0.50
25DOES IT HAVE EARS?0.40
26IS IT CONSCIOUS?0.35
27IS IT A BUILDING PART?0.55
28IS IT ELECTRONIC?0.30
29IS IT FURNITURE?0.35
30CAN IT DIG?0.50
31DOES IT HAVE A BACKBONE?0.25
32DOES IT CONTAIN LIQUID?0.35
33CAN IT SWIM?0.15
34DOES IT HAVE MOVING PARTS?0.45
35DOES IT HAVE FEET?0.45
36DOES IT LAY EGGS?0.35
37CAN IT BE EASILY MOVED?0.50
38DOES IT HAVE HORNS / THORNS / SPIKES?0.20
39IS IT AN INSECT?0.35
40DOES IT HAVE INTERNAL STRUCTURE?0.40
41DOES IT HAVE A TAIL?0.45
42IS IT WARM BLOODED?0.45
43IS IT SMART?0.40
44IS IT VALUABLE?0.35
45DOES IT HAVE WIRES OR A CORD?0.50
46Verticality0.25
47WAS IT INVENTED?0.35
48CAN IT FLY?0.35
49IS IT USED IN SPORTS?0.30
50CAN YOU RIDE ON/IN IT?0.20
51IS IT A VEHICLE?0.20
52DOES IT USE ELECTRICITY?0.20
53DOES IT HAVE WINGS?0.35
54CAN YOU USE IT?0.50
55DOES IT HAVE PARTS?0.70
56IS TALLER THAN IT IS WIDE/LONG?0.40
57DO YOU INTERACT WITH IT?-0.10
58IS IT A VEGETABLE / PLANT?0.35
59IS IT LIGHTWEIGHT?0.35
60IS IT PART OF SOMETHING LARGER?0.45
61IS IT A BUILDING?0.40
62IS IT A BODY PART?0.45
63CAN YOU USE IT UP?0.35
64IS IT MADE OF METAL?0.55
65WOULD YOU FIND IT IN THE SKY?0.15
66IS IT FAST?0.45
67DOES IT HAVE A HARD NOSE/BEAK?0.35
68Line curviness0.25
69IS IT MECHANICAL?0.60
70DOES IT OPEN?0.45
71DOES IT HAVE LEGS?0.15
72DOES IT CONTAIN SOMETHING ELSE?0.40
73IS IT MANUFACTURED?0.35