Table 3.

The peak and onset latencies of category information indexed by SI for several animate categories tested against inanimate stimuli

Category Name	Onset, ms	Peak, ms
Animate	105.9 ± 0.64	148.7 ± 3.3
Human	83.5 ± 0.52*	113.1 ± 4.18*
Animal	94.6 ± 0.61*	140.8 ± 5.17
Monkey	95.3 ± 1.19*	126.3 ± 3.02*
Bird	98.3 ± 1.41*	127 ± 2.65*
Cat	100.6 ± 1.75†	128.4 ± 3.77*
Reptile	93.7 ± 8.37	126.5 ± 6.38*
Insect	96.7 ± 4.59‡	122.5 ± 4.8*
Butterfly	97.1 ± 6.41	120.3 ± 4.15*
Hand	94.6 ± 2.49*	132.1 ± 7.11‡
Fish	99.5 ± 10.9	136 ± 6.78‡

Significant against superordinate:

^*P < 0.001;

^†P < 0.01;

^‡P < 0.05.