The Parahippocampal Region and Object Identification

• Published in: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Vol. 911; no. 1; pp. 166 - 174
• Main Authors: MURRAY, E. A., BUSSEY, T. J., HAMPTON, R. R., SAKSIDA, L. M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2000
• Subjects: Animals; Memory - physiology; Parahippocampal Gyrus - physiology; Pattern Recognition, Visual - physiology; Perception - physiology

: The hippocampus has long been thought to be critical for memory, including memory for objects. However, recent neuropsychological studies in nonhuman primates have indicated that other regions within the medial temporal lobe, specifically, structures in the parahippocampal region, are primarily re...