Egocentric Navigation Abilities Predict Episodic Memory Performance

The medial temporal lobe supports both navigation and declarative memory. On this basis, a theory of phylogenetic continuity has been proposed according to which episodic and semantic memories have evolved from egocentric (e.g., path integration) and allocentric (e.g., map-based) navigation in the p...

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Main Authors: Giorgia Committeri, Agustina Fragueiro, Maria Maddalena Campanile, Marco Lagatta, Ford Burles, Giuseppe Iaria, Carlo Sestieri, Annalisa Tosoni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2020.574224/full