Top encoded features in lateraloccipital-rh (11 / 67)

Totals: semantic = 41 / 218, perceptual = 7 / 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
2Right-diagonalness0.10
3CAN IT DIG?0.25
4Verticality0.10
5Internal details0.20
6IS IT TALLER THAN A PERSON?0.40
7CAN YOU PICK IT UP?0.45
8IS IT ALIVE?0.35
9CAN IT JUMP?0.15
10CAN YOU HOLD IT IN ONE HAND?0.45
11IS IT BIGGER THAN A CAR?0.45
12IS IT WARM BLOODED?0.15
13CAN IT STRETCH?0.20
14IS IT BIGGER THAN A MICROWAVE OVEN?0.40
15White pixel count0.20
16IS IT BIGGER THAN A LOAF OF BREAD?0.35
17DOES IT HAVE EARS?0.25
18IS IT CLOTHING?0.35
19CAN YOU HOLD IT?0.30
20DO YOU WEAR IT?0.25
21CAN IT BITE OR STING?0.15
22COULD YOU FIT INSIDE IT?0.30
23IS IT AN ANIMAL?0.25
24IS IT HOLLOW?0.30
25Horizontalness0.05
26DOES IT USE ELECTRICITY?0.30
27CAN IT SWIM?0.25
28IS IT LIGHTWEIGHT?0.45
29DO YOU HOLD IT TO USE IT?0.25
30CAN IT KEEP YOU DRY?0.30
31Line curviness0.25
32IS IT MADE OF METAL?0.40
33DOES IT HAVE FEELINGS?0.25
34DOES IT CONTAIN LIQUID?0.35
35IS IT SMART?0.50
36WOULD YOU FIND IT IN A SCHOOL?0.55
37CAN IT CAUSE YOU PAIN?0.20
38IS IT A BODY PART?0.30
39DOES IT HAVE FLAT / STRAIGHT SIDES?0.60
40CAN IT RUN?0.25
41DOES IT HAVE A HARD NOSE/BEAK?0.35
42IS IT A BUILDING PART?0.35
43IS IT A TOOL?0.25
44CAN YOU PET IT?0.50
45IS IT MANUFACTURED?0.35
46DOES IT HAVE LEGS?0.00
47IS IT BLUE?0.40
48IS IT HAIRY?0.25