Food constitutes a fuel of life for human beings. It is therefore of chief importance that their
recognition system readily identifies the most relevant properties of food by drawing on …

Although knowledge indexes our experiences of the world, the neural basis of this
relationship remains to be determined. Previous neuroimaging research, especially …

Visual recognition of objects may rely on different features depending on the category to
which they belong. Recognizing natural objects, such as fruits and plants, weighs more on …

In our world with nearly omnipresent availability of attractive and palatable high-calorie food,
the struggle against overweight and obesity is a major individual and public health …

Although specialized cortical pathways that process specific sensory stimuli and/or execute
cognitive functions have been identified, the neuro-specificity for food-related stimuli has not …

Understanding food liking, which shapes individual preferences for certain foods, is
important for enhancing consumer satisfaction, encouraging healthier eating habits, and …

The study of category specific deficits in brain-damaged patients has been instrumental in
explaining how knowledge about different types of objects is organized in the brain. Much of …

Several previous imaging studies have aimed at identifying the neural basis of visual food
cue processing in humans. However, there is little consistency of the functional magnetic …

Increasingly consumption of healthy foods is advised to improve population health. Reasons
people give for choosing one food over another suggest that non-sensory features like …

Among all of the stimuli surrounding us, food is arguably the most rewarding for the essential
role it plays in our survival. In previous visual recognition research, it has already been …