TY - JOUR
T1 - Interpreting fMRI data
T2 - Maps, modules and dimensions
AU - Op De Beeck, Hans P.
AU - Haushofer, Johannes
AU - Kanwisher, Nancy G.
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank C. Baker, J. DiCarlo, B. Farley, G. Kayaert and J. Wagemans for their helpful comments on the manuscript. N.K. was supported by grant EY13455 and H.P.O. was supported by the Human Frontier Science Program, the Fund for Scientific Research Flanders, and grants IMPH/06/GHW and CREA/07/004.
PY - 2008/2
Y1 - 2008/2
N2 - Neuroimaging research over the past decade has revealed a detailed picture of the functional organization of the human brain. Here we focus on two fundamental questions that are raised by the detailed mapping of sensory and cognitive functions and illustrate these questions with findings from the object-vision pathway. First, are functionally specific regions that are located close together best understood as distinct cortical modules or as parts of a larger-scale cortical map? Second, what functional properties define each cortical map or module? We propose a model in which overlapping continuous maps of simple features give rise to discrete modules that are selective for complex stimuli.
AB - Neuroimaging research over the past decade has revealed a detailed picture of the functional organization of the human brain. Here we focus on two fundamental questions that are raised by the detailed mapping of sensory and cognitive functions and illustrate these questions with findings from the object-vision pathway. First, are functionally specific regions that are located close together best understood as distinct cortical modules or as parts of a larger-scale cortical map? Second, what functional properties define each cortical map or module? We propose a model in which overlapping continuous maps of simple features give rise to discrete modules that are selective for complex stimuli.
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U2 - 10.1038/nrn2314
DO - 10.1038/nrn2314
M3 - Review article
C2 - 18200027
AN - SCOPUS:38349107644
SN - 1471-003X
VL - 9
SP - 123
EP - 135
JO - Nature Reviews Neuroscience
JF - Nature Reviews Neuroscience
IS - 2
ER -