Processing of different spatial scales in the human brain

• Published in: eLife Vol. 8
• Main Authors: Peer, Michael, Ron, Yorai, Monsa, Rotem, Arzy, Shahar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England eLife Science Publications, Ltd 10.09.2019; eLife Sciences Publications Ltd; eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd
• Subjects: Adult; Animal behavior; Brain; Brain Mapping; Cerebral Cortex - physiology; Cognition; Cortex; cortical gradient; default-mode network; Diagnostic imaging; Female; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Healthy Volunteers; Humans; Information processing; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Neuroscience; OPA; Orientation, Spatial; Parahippocampal gyrus; Physiological aspects; PPA; RSC; Space Perception; spatial scale; Visual system; Young Adult; United States; Jerusalem Israel; Israel; PPA; OPA; RSC; cortical gradient; neuroscience; default-mode network; spatial scale; human

Humans navigate across a range of spatial scales, from rooms to continents, but the brain systems underlying spatial cognition are usually investigated only in small-scale environments. Do the same brain systems represent and process larger spaces? Here we asked subjects to compare distances between...