Understanding perirhinal contributions to perception and memory: Evidence through the lens of selective perirhinal damage.

ABSTRACT: Although a memory systems view of the medial temporal lobe (MTL) has been widely influential in understanding how memory processes are implemented, a large body of work across humans and animals has converged on the idea that the MTL can support various other decisions, beyond those involving memory. Specifically, recent work suggests that perception of and memory for visual representations may interact in order to support ongoing cognition. However, given considerations involving lesion profiles in neuropsychological investigations and the correlational nature of fMRI, the precise nature of representations supported by the MTL are not well understood in humans. In the present investigation, three patients with highly specific lesions to MTL were administered a task that taxed perceptual a

SUBMITTER: Inhoff MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6456260 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature