Top encoded features in lateraloccipital-lh (1 / 67)

Totals: semantic = 69 / 218, perceptual = 10 / 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
2CAN YOU PICK IT UP?0.40
3Right-diagonalness0.20
4CAN YOU HOLD IT?0.30
5CAN IT BEND?0.25
6IS IT HAIRY?0.15
7IS IT ALIVE?0.15
8IS IT BIGGER THAN A LOAF OF BREAD?0.35
9CAN IT BITE OR STING?0.25
10IS IT AN ANIMAL?0.30
11CAN YOU HOLD IT IN ONE HAND?0.30
12IS IT BIGGER THAN A CAR?0.30
13DOES IT OPEN?0.35
14CAN IT CAUSE YOU PAIN?0.10
15DOES IT HAVE CORNERS?0.25
16White pixel count0.45
17DO YOU HOLD IT TO USE IT?0.30
18IS IT BIGGER THAN A BED?0.40
19IS IT CONSCIOUS?0.30
20IS IT TALLER THAN A PERSON?0.40
21Internal details0.20
22Verticality0.15
23DOES IT HAVE FEET?0.15
24IS IT HOLLOW?0.40
25DOES IT HAVE EARS?0.45
26WOULD YOU FIND IT IN A HOUSE?0.40
27DOES IT HAVE SOME SORT OF NOSE?0.30
28IS IT FUZZY?0.15
29CAN IT BE EASILY MOVED?0.35
30Prickiliness0.15
31CAN IT JUMP?0.25
32CAN YOU PET IT?0.15
33DOES IT HAVE A FACE?0.45
34COULD YOU FIT INSIDE IT?0.35
35CAN IT DIG?0.35
36CAN IT SWIM?0.15
37DOES IT LIVE IN GROUPS?0.25
38WOULD YOU FIND IN THE BATHROOM?0.20
393D curviness0.40
40Line curviness0.25
41IS IT BIGGER THAN A MICROWAVE OVEN?0.65
42DOES IT HAVE FLAT / STRAIGHT SIDES?0.15
43IS IT MANUFACTURED?0.35
44IS IT A BUILDING PART?0.40
45WAS IT EVER ALIVE?0.30
46DOES IT HAVE FEELINGS?0.35
47DOES IT GROW?0.35
48IS TALLER THAN IT IS WIDE/LONG?0.45
49IS IT A PREDATOR?0.10
50IS IT MADE OF METAL?0.20
51CAN IT CLIMB TREES?0.50
52IS IT WILD?0.40
53IS IT A KITCHEN ITEM?0.30
54DOES IT ROLL?-0.10
55DOES IT HAVE FOUR LEGS?0.30
56CAN YOU BUY IT?0.25
57DOES IT HAVE SEEDS?0.60
58IS IT WARM BLOODED?0.20
59IS IT SMART?0.45
60CAN IT RUN?0.45
61IS IT AN INSECT?0.35
62IS IT A MAMMAL?0.20
63DOES IT HAVE HORNS / THORNS / SPIKES?0.35
64Horizontalness0.15
65IS IT MANMADE?0.35
66IS IT A BODY PART?0.45
67IS IT ALWAYS THE SAME COLOR(S)?0.70
68IS IT WARM?0.60
69IS IT ELECTRONIC?0.40
70DOES IT STAND ON TWO LEGS?0.60
71IS IT YELLOW?0.15
72IS IT LIGHTWEIGHT?0.35
73IS IT FURNITURE?0.35
74DOES IT HAVE A HARD NOSE/BEAK?0.35
75DOES IT COME IN PAIRS?0.60
76Left-diagonalness0.10
77WOULD YOU FIND IT IN AN OFFICE?0.65
78IS IT USED IN SPORTS?0.40
79IS IT A TOOL?0.15