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How the brain remembers and forgets where things are: the neurocognition of object-location memory.
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Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews [Neurosci Biobehav Rev] 2008 Oct; Vol. 32 (8), pp. 1339-45. Date of Electronic Publication: 2008 May 06. - Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- Remembering where things are - object-location memory - is essential for daily-life functioning. Functionally, it can be decomposed into at least three distinct processing mechanisms: (a) object processing, (b) spatial-location processing and (c) object to location binding. A neurocognitive model is sketched, which posits a mostly bilateral ventral cortical network supporting object-identity memory, a left fronto-parietal circuit for categorical position processing and working memory aspects, and a right fronto-parietal circuit for coordinate position processing and working memory. Medial temporal lobes and in particular the hippocampus appear essential for object-location binding. It is speculated that categorical object-location binding and episodic memory binding in general depend more on the left-sided areas, whereas coordinate object-location processing and navigation in large scale space involve the right-sided counterparts. The various object-location memory components differ in the extent to which they are automatized or require central effort. While automatic routines protect against brain damage, neural deficits might potentially also lead to a shift upon the automatic-effortful continuum.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0149-7634
- Volume :
- 32
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 18562002
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2008.05.001