The occipital place area represents first-person perspective motion information through scenes.

ABSTRACT: Neuroimaging studies have identified multiple scene-selective regions in human cortex, but the precise role each region plays in scene processing is not yet clear. It was recently hypothesized that two regions, the occipital place area (OPA) and the retrosplenial complex (RSC), play a direct role in navigation, while a third region, the parahippocampal place area (PPA), does not. Some evidence suggests a further division of labor even among regions involved in navigation: While RSC is thought to support navigation through the broader environment, OPA may be involved in navigation through the immediately visible environment, although this role for OPA has never been tested. Here we predict that OPA represents first-person perspective motion information through scenes, a critical cue for suc

SUBMITTER: Kamps FS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5042880 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature