fmri in monkeys while looking at initially new objects for three months. results suggest that IT cortex contains a large-scale map of shape that is largely independent of meaning, familiarity, and behavioral task.

However, many others have RFs containing subregions tuned to different orientations, most commonly about 90 degrees apart. By measuring interactions between two positions within the RF, we found that approximately one-third of neurons show inhibitory interactions that make them selective for combinations of orientations.