TY - JOUR
T1 - Visual perception and memory systems
T2 - From cortex to medial temporal lobe
AU - Khan, Zafar U.
AU - Martín-Montañez, Elisa
AU - Baxter, Mark G.
N1 - Funding Information:
Research in the Khan laboratory on visual memory is supported by grants from the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (BFU2009-07641 and BFU2010-16500) and Junta de Andalucia (CTS 586/09-11).
PY - 2011/5
Y1 - 2011/5
N2 - Visual perception and memory are the most important components of vision processing in the brain. It was thought that the perceptual aspect of a visual stimulus occurs in visual cortical areas and that this serves as the substrate for the formation of visual memory in a distinct part of the brain called the medial temporal lobe. However, current evidence indicates that there is no functional separation of areas. Entire visual cortical pathways and connecting medial temporal lobe are important for both perception and visual memory. Though some aspects of this view are debated, evidence from both sides will be explored here. In this review, we will discuss the anatomical and functional architecture of the entire system and the implications of these structures in visual perception and memory.
AB - Visual perception and memory are the most important components of vision processing in the brain. It was thought that the perceptual aspect of a visual stimulus occurs in visual cortical areas and that this serves as the substrate for the formation of visual memory in a distinct part of the brain called the medial temporal lobe. However, current evidence indicates that there is no functional separation of areas. Entire visual cortical pathways and connecting medial temporal lobe are important for both perception and visual memory. Though some aspects of this view are debated, evidence from both sides will be explored here. In this review, we will discuss the anatomical and functional architecture of the entire system and the implications of these structures in visual perception and memory.
KW - Area V2
KW - Inferotemporal cortex
KW - Lateral geniculate nucleus
KW - Medial temporal lobe
KW - Object recognition memory
KW - Parietal cortex
KW - Perception
KW - Perceptual learning
KW - Primary visual cortex
KW - Secondary visual cortex
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/79958766845
U2 - 10.1007/s00018-011-0641-6
DO - 10.1007/s00018-011-0641-6
M3 - Review article
C2 - 21365279
AN - SCOPUS:79958766845
SN - 1420-682X
VL - 68
SP - 1737
EP - 1754
JO - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
JF - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
IS - 10
ER -