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Imagining Being Somewhere Else: Neural Basis of Changing Perspective in Space

Lambrey, Simon, Doeller, Christian, Berthoz, Alain, Burgess, Neil·2012·Cerebral Cortex

Abstract

The capacity to imagine being somewhere else and seeing the environment from a different point of view is crucial for spatial planning in daily life and for understanding the intentions, actions, and state of mind of other people. The neural bases of spatial updating of multiple object locations were investigated using functional magnetic resonance imaging. Healthy volunteers saw an array of objects on a table in a virtual reality environment and imagined movement of their own viewpoint or rotation of the array. Their memory for the locations of the objects was then tested with a change-detection task. Behavioral results confirmed the advantage for imagined viewpoint change compared with imagined array rotation of equivalent size. Encoding of object locations was associated with a network of areas, including bilateral superior and inferior parietal cortices. The precuneus was additionally activated by the demands of both viewpoint- and array rotation. The parieto-occipital sulcus/retrosplenial cortex and hippocampus were additionally activated by the demands of viewpoint rotation, while array rotation was associated with activation of the right intraparietal sulcus. These findings support a computational model of spatial memory in which parieto-occipital sulcus/retrosplenial cortex mediates spatial updating as part of a process of translation between "egocentric" and "allocentric" reference frames.

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  • RSC is strongly activated when imagining changes in one's viewpoint or when retrieving spatial relationships following first-person navigation.

    “This conclusion is consistent with previous work indicating that RSC is strongly activated when imagining changes in one’s viewpoint50 or when retrieving spatial relationships following first-person navigation27.”

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Authors
Lambrey, S., Doeller, C., Berthoz, A., & Burgess, N.
Affiliations
  • Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (FR)
  • Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
  • Collège de France (FR)
  • UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology (GB)
Corresponding author
Lambrey, Simon
Venue
Cerebral Cortex
Published
2011-05-30
Volume
22
Issue
1
Pages
166-174
ISSN
  • 1047-3211 (ISSN-L)
  • 1460-2199
OpenAlex
W2150516696
Cited by
130
References
79
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FWCI
17.06
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Cerebral Cortex (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
  • MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Automotive Engineering › Spatial Cognition and Navigation
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Spatial Neglect and Hemispheric Dysfunction
Keywords
spatial updating, spatial memory, egocentric reference frame, allocentric reference frame, parieto-occipital sulcus, retrosplenial cortex, hippocampus, intraparietal sulcus, superior parietal cortex, inferior parietal cortex, precuneus, change detection task, virtual reality, object location memory
MeSH terms
Analysis of Variance, Brain Mapping, Cues, Female, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Imagination, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Orientation, Oxygen, Parietal Lobe, Rotation, Space Perception, User-Computer Interface, Linear Models, Young Adult

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