ventral en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈvɛntɹəl/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From French ventral, from Latin ventrālis, from venter (“belly, abdomen”); by surface analysis, ventr- + -al.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Related to the abdomen or stomach.
- (not-comparable) On the front side of the human body, or the corresponding surface of an animal, usually the lower surface.
- (not-comparable) On or relating to the sole of the foot or the palmar surface of the hand.
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(not-comparable) On the lower side of the brain.
Mental imagery allows us to remember previous experiences and imagine new ones. Animal studies have yielded rich insight into mechanisms for visual perception, but the neural mechanisms for visual imagery remain poorly understood. We determined that approximately 80% of visually responsive single neurons in the human ventral temporal cortex (VTC) use a distributed axis code to represent objects. We used that code to reconstruct objects and generate maximally effective synthetic stimuli. We then recorded responses from the same neural population while subjects imagined specific objects; about 40% of axis-tuned VTC neurons recapitulated the visual code. Our findings reveal that visual imagery is supported by reactivation of the same neurons involved in perception, providing single-neuron evidence for the existence of a generative model in human VTC.
2026 April 9, V. S. Wadia, C. M. Reed, J. M. Chung, L. M. Bateman, A. N. Mamelak, “A shared code for perceiving and imagining objects in human ventral temporal cortex”, in Science, →DOI:
Antonyms
Deriveds
occipitoventral · posteroventral · distoventral · caudoventral · ventral fin · biventral · basoventral · medioventral · ventromedial · mesioventral · lateroventral · sinistroventral · holoventral · rostroventral · nonventral · ventrally · ventriduct · ectoventral · retroventral · ventral striatum · metaventral · subventral · mesoventral · endoventral · dorsoventral · postventral · cranioventral · ventralmost · interventral · midventral · preventral · frontoventral · rostrolateroventral · paraventral · proventral · ventral tegmentum · apicoventral · ventralize · proximoventral · basiventral · ventralward · ventralwards · ventral tegmental area · ventral nerve cord · anteroventral · anterioventral · uteroventral
Translations (25)
fi vatsapuolen ((anatomy) on the front side of the human body or the according surface of an animal) · ru вентральный ((anatomy) on the front side of the human body or the according surface of an animal) · hu hasi (related to the abdomen or stomach) · bg коремен (related to the abdomen or stomach) · es ventral ((anatomy) on the front side of the human body or the according surface of an animal) · gl ventral ((anatomy) on the front side of the human body or the according surface of an animal) · ro ventral ((anatomy) on the front side of the human body or the according surface of an animal) · fi ventraalinen ((anatomy) on or relating to the bottom portion of either foot and/or hand) · tl katiyanan (related to the abdomen or stomach) · ru брюшной ((anatomy) on the front side of the human body or the according surface of an animal) · ru брюшной (related to the abdomen or stomach) · pt ventral ((anatomy) on the front side of the human body or the according surface of an animal) · de Bauch- (related to the abdomen or stomach) · fi ventraalinen (related to the abdomen or stomach) · de ventral (related to the abdomen or stomach) · tl katiyanan ((anatomy) on the front side of the human body or the according surface of an animal) · ro ventral (related to the abdomen or stomach) · fi vatsa- (related to the abdomen or stomach) · ru вентральный (related to the abdomen or stomach) · fi ventraalinen ((anatomy) on the front side of the human body or the according surface of an animal) · fr ventral (related to the abdomen or stomach) · ca ventral ((anatomy) on the front side of the human body or the according surface of an animal) · fr ventral ((anatomy) on the front side of the human body or the according surface of an animal) · pt ventral (related to the abdomen or stomach) · gl ventral (related to the abdomen or stomach)