The CEU Department of Cognitive Science cordially invites you to its talk
by:
Prof. *Moritz Wurm *(University of Trento)
[web <https://webapps.unitn.it/du/en/Persona/PER0119546/Curriculum>]
Title: A novel framework for the neural organization of action and object
knowledge
Date: Wednesday, 15 January 2020
Time: 17:00-18:30
Location: Department of Cognitive Science, CEU, Oktober 6 st. 7, room 101
Abstract:
How is knowledge about things and events in the world organized in the
brain? Popular theories suggest a major division between occipitotemporal
and frontoparietal cortex in representing object and action information,
respectively. Here I challenge this view by taking a closer look at the
neural pathway of action recognition and understanding: In a series of
fMRI-based MVPA studies, I show that critical levels of action
representation – from basic perceptual action precursors (such as body
movements toward persons or other entities) to perceptually invariant
representations of action meaning – can be localized in lateral
occipitotemporal cortex (LOTC) rather than frontoparietal areas. Moreover,
the representational organization of actions in LOTC follows salient
semantic principles and appears topographically aligned with related object
representations. Based on these findings, I propose an updated model of
knowledge organization in occipitotemporal cortex.
We are looking forward to see you.
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