ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Neural processing for individual categories of objects

Okay kiddo, your brain is like a supercomputer that helps you see and understand the world around you. One of the things your brain does is to recognize different objects like cars, trees, and animals. This process is called neural processing.

When you see something, your eyes send signals to your brain, kind of like a message on a walkie-talkie. Then, your brain takes those signals and processes them to figure out what you are looking at. It's almost like a detective trying to solve a mystery.

But here's the thing, your brain is really smart, and it knows that different objects are different. So when you look at a car, your brain uses a specific part of itself to figure out it is a car, but when you look at a tree, your brain uses a different part of itself.

It's like your brain has different detectives in it, and each one is really good at figuring out different things. So, when you see a car, the "car detective" in your brain analyzes the shape, color, and other features of the object to determine that it's a car.

But when you look at a tree, your brain uses a different detective - the "tree detective." This one looks at different features of the tree-like the shape of the leaves, the texture of the bark- to figure out it's a tree.

So, that's pretty much what neural processing is all about. Your brain is really good at recognizing different objects, and it does this by using specialized detectives to analyze different features.