Cover picture: Examples of whole objects: face-like objects (FOs, left) and their corresponding non-face-like objects (NFOs, right) composed of the same set of parts. Over 60,000 unique FOs/NFOs were constructed by combining a variety of facial feature-like parts. The inferior temporal neurons revealed spike correlation that depended on the feature configuration within a unique whole object. The configuration-dependent spike correlation emerged within 300 ms after stimulus onset, which is rapid enough to mediate recognition of the stimulus. For details, see the article by Hirabayashi and Miyashita in this issue (pages 10299–10307).