Cognitive neuroscience: scene layout from vision and touch

Russell A Epstein

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2011.04.037

Cognitive neuroscience: scene layout from vision and touch

Curr Biol. 2011 Jun 7;21(11):R437-8. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.04.037.

Author

Russell A Epstein¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. epstein@psych.upenn.edu

PMID: 21640904
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.04.037

Abstract

Parahippocampal and retrosplenial cortices respond strongly to visual scenes. A new study shows that these regions also activate when scenes are perceived haptically - even in the blind.

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MeSH terms

Cerebral Cortex / physiology*
Female
Form Perception / physiology*
Humans
Male
Space Perception / physiology*
Visual Perception / physiology*