Object representations in the human brain reflect the co-occurrence statistics of vision and language

When people view an object, they can often guess the setting from which it was drawn and the other objects that might be found in that setting. Here the authors identify regions of the human visual system that represent this information about which objects tend to appear together in the world.

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Main Authors: Michael F. Bonner, Russell A. Epstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24368-2
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description When people view an object, they can often guess the setting from which it was drawn and the other objects that might be found in that setting. Here the authors identify regions of the human visual system that represent this information about which objects tend to appear together in the world.
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spelling doaj.art-feb143c7f22941e59810c51076cd4d372022-12-21T20:38:42ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232021-07-0112111610.1038/s41467-021-24368-2Object representations in the human brain reflect the co-occurrence statistics of vision and languageMichael F. Bonner0Russell A. Epstein1Department of Cognitive Science, Johns Hopkins UniversityDepartment of Psychology, University of PennsylvaniaWhen people view an object, they can often guess the setting from which it was drawn and the other objects that might be found in that setting. Here the authors identify regions of the human visual system that represent this information about which objects tend to appear together in the world.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24368-2
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title Object representations in the human brain reflect the co-occurrence statistics of vision and language
title_full Object representations in the human brain reflect the co-occurrence statistics of vision and language
title_fullStr Object representations in the human brain reflect the co-occurrence statistics of vision and language
title_full_unstemmed Object representations in the human brain reflect the co-occurrence statistics of vision and language
title_short Object representations in the human brain reflect the co-occurrence statistics of vision and language
title_sort object representations in the human brain reflect the co occurrence statistics of vision and language
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