Neural correlates of categories and concepts.

Full Abstract

The ability to readily adapt to novel situations requires something beyond storing specific stimulus-response associations. Instead, many animals can detect basic characteristics of events and store them as generalized classes. Because these representations are abstracted beyond specific details of sensory inputs and motor outputs, they can be easily generalized and adapted to new circumstances. Explorations of neural mechanisms of sensory processing and motor output have progressed to the point where studies can begin to address the neural basis of abstract, categorical representations. Recent studies have revealed their neural correlates in various cortical areas of the non-human primate brain.

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Author information

Author/s: Miller, Earl K (EK); Nieder, Andreas (A); Freedman, David J (DJ); Wallis, Jonathan D (JD);

Affiliation: Picower Center for Learning and Memory, RIKEN-MIT Neuroscience Research Center, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. ekm(-atsign-)ai.mit.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.; Review

Journal: Current opinion in neurobiology (Curr Opin Neurobiol), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2003-Apr; vol 13 (issue 2) : pp 198-203

Dates: Created 2003/05/14; Completed 2003/07/08; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 12744974, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Animals
Brain Mapping
Humans
Intelligence - physiology
Mental Processes - physiology

Neural Pathways - physiology
Neuronal Plasticity - physiology
Neurons - physiology
Psychomotor Performance - physiology
Visual Perception - physiology

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