Relational properties as a source of variation for object representation in OTC.

The category selectivity model has shaped our understanding of the organization of object-related information in the occipitotemporal visual cortex (OTC). Ritchie et al. propose that OTC represents objects depending on the properties that are behaviorally relevant in a specific task/context, rather than by encoding the invariant visual properties to determine category membership. We consider this proposal in the context of recent developments that have extended the function of vision (and OTC) beyond object recognition, to include a representation of how objects relate to each other, a key piece of information for planning and acting toward behavioral goals.