Table 1 Degrees of the match between tree nodes and categories, reconstructed from responses of inferior temporal (IT) cells in the early and late phase of neural responses for Intact, Low Spatial Frequency (SF) and High SF stimulis

Animate

0.734 ± 0.067*

0.772 ± 0.045*

0.047 ± 0.09*

Inanimate

0.718 ± 0.067*

0.818 ± 0.068*

0.116 ± 0.11*

Natural

0.778 ± 0.075

0.74 ± 0.073

−0.023 ± 0.119

Man made

0.744 ± 0.068*

0.777 ± 0.08*

0.035 ± 0.112*

Body

0.767 ± 0.081*

0.878 ± 0.078*

0.121 ± 0.111*

Face

0.785 ± 0.077*

0.882 ± 0.067*

0.108 ± 0.084*

Female face

0.787 ± 0.058

0.879 ± 0.088*

0.098 ± 0.09*

Male face

0.788 ± 0.057

0.844 ± 0.074*

0.06 ± 0.092*

Animal face

0.783 ± 0.061

0.802 ± 0.075

0.02 ± 0.062*

Animate

0.688 ± 0.062

0.724 ± 0.042*

0.047 ± 0.097*

Inanimate

0.708 ± 0.069

0.784 ± 0.047*

0.092 ± 0.105*

Natural

0.748 ± 0.077*

0.734 ± 0.063*

−0.023 ± 0.115

Man made

0.715 ± 0.064

0.742 ± 0.075

0.033 ± 0.069*

Body

0.714 ± 0.063

0.806 ± 0.081*

0.107 ± 0.097*

Face

0.666 ± 0.051

0.834 ± 0.05*

0.199 ± 0.068*

Female face

0.812 ± 0.074

0.871 ± 0.078

0.06 ± 0.122*

Male face

0.786 ± 0.065

0.868 ± 0.079*

0.088 ± 0.106*

Animal face

0.777 ± 0.058*

0.782 ± 0.066*

0.005 ± 0.047*

Animate

0.794 ± 0.077*

0.725 ± 0.05*

−0.098 ± 0.116

Inanimate

0.707 ± 0.071*

0.698 ± 0.064*

−0.022 ± 0.139

Natural

0.787 ± 0.08*

0.736 ± 0.075

−0.076 ± 0.127

Man made

0.725 ± 0.067*

0.76 ± 0.073*

0.042 ± 0.08*

Body

0.754 ± 0.077*

0.832 ± 0.079*

0.092 ± 0.09*

Face

0.741 ± 0.076*

0.831 ± 0.068*

0.103 ± 0.108*

Female face

0.819 ± 0.084*

0.791 ± 0.056*

−0.038 ± 0.107

Male face

0.809 ± 0.074*

0.848 ± 0.082*

0.039 ± 0.108*

Animal face

0.776 ± 0.061

0.785 ± 0.068*

0.01 ± 0.044*