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Lecture 7: Category Selectivity, Controversies, and MVPA

Presents competing interpretations of visual-system organisation alongside multivoxel pattern analysis and the distinction between visual pathways.

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MIT OpenCourseWare Nancy Kanwisher intermediate 1 hr 9 min

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