Top encoded features in supramarginal-lh (5 / 67)

Totals: semantic = 50 / 218, perceptual = 3 / 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 HOLLOW?0.45
2DOES IT HAVE FEELINGS?0.45
3IS IT MANMADE?0.45
4DOES IT GROW?0.45
5DOES IT HAVE A FACE?0.30
6IS IT AN ANIMAL?0.35
7WAS IT EVER ALIVE?0.35
8IS IT ALIVE?0.45
9CAN YOU PICK IT UP?0.50
10DOES IT HAVE FLAT / STRAIGHT SIDES?0.40
11IS IT MANUFACTURED?0.45
12IS IT BIGGER THAN A BED?0.55
13DOES IT HAVE FOUR LEGS?0.30
14CAN YOU HOLD IT?0.35
15IS IT BIGGER THAN A LOAF OF BREAD?0.55
16DOES IT CONTAIN LIQUID?0.35
17CAN IT BITE OR STING?0.35
18DOES IT HAVE A BACKBONE?0.30
19DOES IT HAVE CORNERS?0.35
20DO YOU HOLD IT TO USE IT?0.55
21IS IT TALLER THAN A PERSON?0.35
22CAN IT BE EASILY MOVED?0.35
23IS IT BIGGER THAN A MICROWAVE OVEN?0.55
24IS IT CONSCIOUS?0.35
25IS IT MADE OF WOOD?0.35
26DOES IT HAVE FEET?0.35
27DOES IT LIVE IN GROUPS?0.35
28DOES IT HAVE HORNS / THORNS / SPIKES?0.35
29CAN YOU USE IT?0.35
30IS IT BIGGER THAN A CAR?0.55
31Aspect-ratio: skinny->fat0.25
32CAN YOU SEE THROUGH IT?0.50
33CAN IT CAUSE YOU PAIN?-0.05
34CAN IT DIG?0.35
35DOES IT HAVE HOOVES?0.20
36IS IT FLESH-COLORED?0.30
37IS IT SLIPPERY?0.70
38DOES IT COME IN DIFFERENT SIZES?0.05
39DOES IT MAKE A SOUND?0.70
40DO YOU LOVE IT?0.30
41IS IT A PREDATOR?0.70
42WOULD YOU FIND IT IN THE FOREST?0.60
43Word length0.10
44WAS IT INVENTED?0.60
45IS IT SMOOTH?0.20
46IS IT HEAVY?0.30
47DOES IT HAVE EARS?0.25
48CAN YOU HOLD IT IN ONE HAND?0.25
49IS IT A MAMMAL?0.20
50IS IT ELECTRONIC?0.30
51CAN IT CLIMB TREES?0.65
52Line curviness0.25
53IS IT SMART?0.40