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The spatial frequency representation predicts category coding in the inferior temporal cortex.

Ramin Toosi¹, Behnam Karami^2,3, Roxana Koushki²

¹School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.

|September 12, 2025

Summary

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The inferior temporal cortex explicitly codes spatial frequency (SF), with low SF decoded faster than high SF. SF representation is sparse and distinct from category coding, crucial for object recognition.

Keywords:

coarse-to-fine processing inferior temporal cortex neuroscience object recognition rhesus macaque spatial frequency

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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Visual Perception
Primate Cognition

Background:

Neural representation of spatial frequency (SF) is crucial for object recognition.
SF processing in the inferior temporal (IT) cortex and its interaction with category representation are not well understood.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate SF representation in the macaque IT cortex.
To explore the relationship between SF and category selectivity.

Main Methods:

Extracellular recordings in macaque IT cortex.
Presentation of complex stimuli systematically filtered by SF.
Analysis of single-neuron and population-level SF coding and temporal dynamics.

Main Results:

Explicit SF coding observed at both single-neuron and population levels.
Low SF (LSF) is decoded faster than high SF (HSF); SF preference shifts dynamically over time.
SF representation predicts category selectivity; IT neurons cluster into four SF-preference groups with distinct category coding.
HSF-preferring neurons show highest category decoding for faces.
SF and category representations are uncorrelated and differentially represented (SF is sparser).

Conclusions:

SF is explicitly represented in the IT cortex with dynamic temporal properties.
SF representation is distinct from category representation, highlighting SF's independent role in object recognition.