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One particularly important strand of research has involved using fMRI data to localise psychological function to specific brain regions. An example of this is found in the work of Downing, Liu and Kanwisher (2001), who investigated whether the same regions of the brain were employed in object recognition regardless of the specific object being perceived. A particular interest for Downing et al. was whether different modules of processing were involved in perceiving human bodies as compared to other types of objects. Downing et al.’s fMRI research identified that there was a region within the right lateral occipitotemporal cortex that was associated with the perception of human bodies.

While Downing et al.’s research can be seen as evidence of the use of fMRI to examine functional specialisation, this work and the approach that it exemplifies has been challenged. …