Recent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies have shown that it is possible to deduce simple features in the visual scene or to which category it belongs. A decoding method based on quantitative receptive field models that characterize the relationship between visual stimuli and fMRI activity in early visual areas has now been developed. These models make it possible to identify, out of a large set of completely novel complex images, which specific image was seen by an observer.
- Kendrick N. Kay
- Thomas Naselaris
- Jack L. Gallant