A, Tolerance analysis. Average X, Y, and Z location information
within each ROI group for Experiment 2 (N=12), separated into
comparisons where the other two dimensions were the same (dependent information,
“dep”) or different (tolerant information,
“tol”). Note that each bar is a difference in correlations (as
in Fig. 3), but calculated for a different
subset of cells in the matrix (see Methods). The inset shows the tolerance index
for X, Y, and Z location information, calculated as 1 – [
(dependent −
tolerant)/(dependent + tolerant)
]. Tolerance index was only calculated when there was significant
information that could be decoded (i.e., not for Z in early visual areas). A
larger index (close to 1) means that the location information for the selected
dimension was highly tolerant; a smaller index (close to 0) indicates the
location information was highly dependent on the other dimensions. Error bars
represent SEM. Data from ungrouped ROIs are shown in Figure S6.