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SUMMARY:Carving object representation at it’s multi-level joints - Talia
  Konkle\, Derpartment of Psychology and Center for Brain Science\, Harvard
  University
DTSTART:20150722T150000Z
DTEND:20150722T160000Z
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CONTACT:Jenna Parker
DESCRIPTION:We can represent and distinguish thousands and thousands of ob
 jects\, and we have detailed knowledge about them -- what they are called\
 , what they look like\, how to interact with them\, and where to find them
  in the world. What are the major dimensions that organize object represen
 tation in the mind and brain?  In Part 1\, I will present results showing 
 a large-scale organization of object responses spanning the entire ventral
  and lateral occipito-temporal cortex\, based on the core dimensions of an
 imacy and size. In Part 2\, I will compare how different possible represen
 tational spaces of shape\, action\, context\, and function can predict neu
 ral response patterns. Together\, these results suggest that object cortex
 \, just like early visual cortex\, has structure that can be explained at 
 multiple spatial scales. I will argue that understanding this multi-scale 
 representation is valuable for inferring the nature of the underlying cogn
 itive architecture.
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre\, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit\, 15 Chau
 cer Road\, Cambridge
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