The hippocampus and spatial constraints on mental imagery

We review a model of imagery and memory retrieval based on allocentric spatial representation by place cells and boundary vector cells in the medial temporal lobe, and their translation into egocentric images in retrosplenial and parietal areas. In this model the activity of place cells constrain th...

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Main Authors: Chris M. Bird, James A. Bisby, Neil eBurgess
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2012.00142/full