Coarse visuospatial categories are represented in the posterior parietal cortex whereas fine-scale discrimination are in primary visual cortex with the latter depending on feedback from the former.

Li, Y., Hu, X., Yu, Y., Zhao, K., Saalmann, Y. B., & Wang, L. (2017). Feedback from human posterior parietal cortex enables visuospatial category representations as early as primary visual cortexBrain and Behavior.

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The Miller Lab uses experimental and theoretical approaches to study the neural basis of the high-level cognitive functions that underlie complex goal-directed behavior. ekmillerlab.mit.edu