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A temporoparietal and prefrontal network for retrieving the spatial context of lifelike events

Burgess, Neil, Maguire, Eleanor A., Spiers, Hugo J., O'Keefe, John·2001·NeuroImage

Abstract

Virtual reality (VR) and event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging were used to study memory for the spatial context of controlled but lifelike events. Subjects received a set of objects from two different people in two different places within a VR environment. Memory for the objects, and for where and from whom they were received was tested by putting the subject back into a place in the company of a person and giving a paired forced choice of objects. In four conditions objects had to be chosen according to different criteria: which was received in that place, which was received from that person, which object was recognized, and which object was widest. Event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging was performed during testing to identify areas involved in retrieval of the spatial context of an event. A network of areas was identified consisting of a temporoparietal pathway running between the precuneus and parahippocampi via retrosplenial cortex and the parieto-occipital sulcus, left hippocampus, bilateral posterior parietal, dorsolateral, ventrolateral and anterior prefrontal cortices, and the anterior cingulate. Of these areas the parahippocampal, right posterior parietal, and posteriodorsal medial parietal areas were specifically involved in retrieval of spatial context compared to retrieval of nonspatial context. The posterior activations are consistent with a model of long-term storage of allocentric representations in medial temporal regions with translation to body-centered and head-centered representations computed in right posterior parietal cortex and buffered in the temporoparietal pathway so as to provide an imageable representation in the precuneus. Prefrontal activations are consistent with strategic retrieval processes, including those required to overcome the interference between the highly similar events.

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Authors
Burgess, N., Maguire, E. A., Spiers, H. J., & O'Keefe, J.
Affiliations
  • University College London (GB)
  • UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology (GB)
Venue
NeuroImage
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2001-08
Volume
14
Issue
2
Pages
439-453
ISSN
1053-8119 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2101418508
Cited by
502
References
105
Citations by year
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FWCI
12.40
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • NeuroImage (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Royal Society
  • Medical Research Council
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Automotive Engineering › Spatial Cognition and Navigation
Keywords
event memory, virtual reality, precuneus, parahippocampal cortex, posterior parietal cortex, hippocampus, prefrontal cortex, anterior cingulate cortex, allocentric spatial representation, strategic retrieval
MeSH terms
Adult, Brain Mapping, Dominance, Cerebral, Female, Gyrus Cinguli, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Nerve Net, Orientation, Parietal Lobe, Pattern Recognition, Visual, Mental Recall, Reference Values, Retention, Psychology, Temporal Lobe, User-Computer Interface, Visual Perception, Prefrontal Cortex, Parahippocampal Gyrus

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