@article{446,
  author = {Uri Hasson and Ifat Levy and Marlene Behrmann and Talma Hendler and Rafael Malach},
  title = {Eccentricity bias as an organizing principle for human high-order object areas},
  abstract = {<p>We have recently proposed a center-periphery organization based on resolution needs, in which objects engaging in recognition processes requiring central-vision (e.g., face-related) are associated with center-biased representations, while objects requiring large-scale feature integration (e.g., buildings) are associated with periphery-biased representations. Here we tested this hypothesis by comparing the center-periphery organization with activations to five object categories: faces, buildings, tools, letter strings, and words. We found that faces, letter strings, and words were mapped preferentially within the center-biased representation. Faces showed a hemispheric lateralization opposite to that of letter strings and words. In contrast, buildings were mapped mainly to the periphery-biased representation, while tools activated both central and peripheral representations. The results are compatible with the notion that center-periphery organization allows the optimal allocation of cortical magnification to the specific requirements of various recognition processes.</p>
},
  year = {2002},
  journal = {Neuron},
  volume = {34},
  pages = {479-490},
  doi = {10.1016/S0896-6273(02)00662-1},
}