Top encoded features in pericalcarine-lh (6 / 67)

Totals: semantic = 46 / 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
2IS IT BIGGER THAN A CAR?0.35
3CAN YOU PICK IT UP?0.40
4CAN YOU HOLD IT IN ONE HAND?0.35
5Verticality0.10
6IS IT TALLER THAN A PERSON?0.40
7CAN YOU HOLD IT?0.40
8IS IT BIGGER THAN A BED?0.40
9IS IT AN ANIMAL?0.30
10White pixel count0.45
11Right-diagonalness0.10
12CAN IT BE EASILY MOVED?0.40
13IS IT HAIRY?0.30
14WOULD YOU FIND IT IN A HOUSE?0.40
15IS IT HOLLOW?0.35
16CAN IT CAUSE YOU PAIN?0.10
17DOES IT HAVE EARS?0.40
18IS IT MANUFACTURED?0.35
19DOES IT CONTAIN LIQUID?0.35
20IS IT ALIVE?0.35
21DOES IT GROW?0.35
22IS IT MANMADE?0.35
23IS IT SOFT?0.70
24DOES IT HAVE AT LEAST ONE HOLE?0.65
25DOES IT HAVE FEELINGS?0.70
26CAN YOU PET IT?0.45
27IS IT A VEGETABLE / PLANT?0.30
28DOES IT OPEN?0.45
29IS IT A PREDATOR?0.50
30DOES IT HAVE WIRES OR A CORD?0.70
31DOES IT HAVE FEET?0.45
32DOES IT HAVE HORNS / THORNS / SPIKES?0.55
33WOULD YOU FIND IT IN AN OFFICE?0.65
34IS IT BIGGER THAN A LOAF OF BREAD?0.35
35COULD YOU FIT INSIDE IT?0.60
36IS IT A BUILDING PART?0.40
37DOES IT COME IN PAIRS?0.60
38WAS IT EVER ALIVE?0.30
39CAN YOU BUY IT?0.25
40DOES IT HAVE SEEDS?0.60
41IS IT A VEHICLE?0.20
42DOES IT HAVE INTERNAL STRUCTURE?0.55
43Line curviness0.25
44WOULD YOU FIND IT IN THE SKY?0.15
45DOES IT CHANGE COLOR?0.10
46WOULD YOU FIND IT IN A RESTAURANT?0.65
47Internal details0.40
48DOES IT HAVE A HARD NOSE/BEAK?0.35
49IS IT A MAMMAL?0.20
50Prickiliness0.15
51DOES IT HAVE A FACE?0.45
52IS IT A BODY PART?0.20
53WOULD YOU FIND IT IN A GARDEN?0.35