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Science 12 January 2001:
Vol. 291. no. 5502, pp. 260 - 263
DOI: 10.1126/science.1058249
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Perspectives

NEUROSCIENCE:
Seeking Categories in the Brain

Simon J. Thorpe and Michèle Fabre-Thorpe

Categorizing the objects that we see is a fundamental property of our brain and the brains of other mammals. In their enlightening Perspective, Thorpe and Fabre-Thorpe discuss exciting new findings in monkeys (Freedman et al.) that identify neurons in the prefrontal cortex that are primarily responsible for categorizing objects.

The authors are at the Centre de Recherche Cerveau et Cognition UMR 5549, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, 31062 France. E-mail: thorpe{at}cerco.ups-tlse.fr

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