Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-1-2021

Publication Title

Nature Communications

Department

Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences

Abstract

The neural systems supporting scene-perception and spatial-memory systems of the human brain are well-described. But how do these neural systems interact? Here, using fine-grained individual-subject fMRI, we report three cortical areas of the human brain, each lying immediately anterior to a region of the scene perception network in posterior cerebral cortex, that selectively activate when recalling familiar real-world locations. Despite their close proximity to the scene-perception areas, network analyses show that these regions constitute a distinct functional network that interfaces with spatial memory systems during naturalistic scene understanding. These “place-memory areas” offer a new framework for understanding how the brain implements memory-guided visual behaviors, including navigation.

DOI

10.1038/s41467-021-22848-z

Original Citation

Steel, A., Billings, M.M., Silson, E.H. et al. A network linking scene perception and spatial memory systems in posterior cerebral cortex. Nat Commun 12, 2632 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22848-z

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