Table 2.

Talairach coordinates of category-specific responses in previous neuroimaging studies

Study	Contrast	Modality	x	y	z
Chao et al. (1999)^{^a}	Animals > Tool (viewing)	fMRI	38	−56	−12
	Animals > Tool (viewing)		−40	−59	−10
	Animals > Tool (matching)		41	−53	−20
	Animals > Tool (matching)		−35	−59	−20
	Animals > Tool (naming)		37	−52	−20
	Animals > Tool (naming)		−37	−55	−20
	Animals > Tool (reading)		37	−55	−21
	Animals > Tool (reading)		−40	−56	−21
	Tool > Animals (viewing)		26	−48	−9
	Tool >Animals (viewing)		−26	−47	−5
	Tool > Animals (matching)		32	−65	−19
	Tool > Animals (matching)		−26	−53	−17
	Tool > Animals (naming)		26	−47	−16
	Tool > Animals (naming)		−27	−50	−15
	Tool > Animals (reading)		23	−59	−11
	Tool > Animals (reading)		−32	−53	−17
Thompson-Schill et al. (1999)^{^a}	Living > Nonliving (visual questions)	fMRI	−41	−53	−11
	Living > Nonliving (nonvisual questions)		−45	−45	−8
	Nonliving > Living (visual questions)		−41	−53	−11
Perani et al. (1999)^{^a}	Living > Nonliving (discrimination)	PET	−44	−82	−32
	Living > Nonliving (discrimination)		−46	−82	−20
	Living > Nonliving (matching)		−28	−83	−16
	Living > Nonliving (matching)		−36	−74	−12
Whatmough et al. (2002)^{^a}	Tools > Animals	fMRI	24	−64	−9
	Tools > Animals		−17	−64	−12
	Animals > Tools		40	−47	−17
	Animals > Tools		46	−71	−5
	Animals > Tools		−40	−76	2
Price et al. (2003)^{^a}	Natural > Manmade	fMRI	−42	−62	−20
	Natural > Manmade		40	−54	−14
Devlin et al. (2005)^{^a}	Natural > Manmade	fMRI	−36	−52	−18
	Manmade > Natural		26	−56	−10
	Natural > Manmade		36	−66	−14
Noppeney et al. (2006)^{^a}	Tools > Animals	fMRI	−24	−57	−15
	Tools > Animals		−33	−33	−24
	Animals > Tools		39	−60	−21
Mechelli et al. (2006)^{^a}	Artifacts > Animal (relevance)	fMRI	−28	−52	−14
	Artifacts > Animal (relevance)		32	−50	−16
Mummery et al. (1996)^{^b}	Natural > Manmade	PET	−16	−10	−16
	Natural > Manmade		22	4	−12
Moore et al. (1999)^{^b}	Natural > Manmade	fMRI	−28	0	−14
	Natural > Manmade		42	10	−18
Devlin et al. (2002)^{^b}	Living > Manmade	PET	24	8	−24
	Living > Manmade		−30	6	−18
Damasio et al. (1996)^{^b}	Faces > Animal + tools	PET	46	1	−27
	Faces > Animal + tools		−46	−4	−28

↵^aStudies reporting posterior ventral temporal activity;
↵^bStudies reporting temporal pole activity.