Voxelwise encoding models of body stimuli reveal a representational gradient from low-level visual features to postural features in extrastriate body area.

Previous research has focused on the role of the extrastriate body area (EBA) in categoryspecific body representation, but the specific features that are represented in this area are not well understood. This study used ultra-high field fMRI and banded ridge regression to investigate the coding of body images by comparing the performance of three encoding models in predicting brain activity in ventral visual cortex and specifically the EBA. Our results suggest that EBA represents body stimuli based on a combination of low-level visual features and postural features. ### Competing Interest Statement The authors have declared no competing interest.