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Overlapping Parietal Activity in Memory and Perception: Evidence for the Attention to Memory Model

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Cabeza, Roberto, Mazuz, Yonatan S., Stokes, Jared, Kragel, James E., Woldorff, Marty G., Ciaramelli, Elisa, Olson, Ingrid R., Moscovitch, Morris·2011·Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

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The specific role of different parietal regions to episodic retrieval is a topic of intense debate. According to the Attention to Memory (AtoM) model, dorsal parietal cortex (DPC) mediates top–down attention processes guided by retrieval goals, whereas ventral parietal cortex (VPC) mediates bottom–up attention processes captured by the retrieval output or the retrieval cue. This model also hypothesizes that the attentional functions of DPC and VPC are similar for memory and perception. To investigate this last hypothesis, we scanned participants with event-related fMRI whereas they performed memory and perception tasks, each comprising an orienting phase (top–down attention) and a detection phase (bottom–up attention). The study yielded two main findings. First, consistent with the AtoM model, orienting-related activity for memory and perception overlapped in DPC, whereas detection-related activity for memory and perception overlapped in VPC. The DPC overlap was greater in the left intraparietal sulcus, and the VPC overlap in the left TPJ. Around overlapping areas, there were differences in the spatial distribution of memory and perception activations, which were consistent with trends reported in the literature. Second, both DPC and VPC showed stronger connectivity with medial-temporal lobe during the memory task and with visual cortex during the perception task. These findings suggest that, during memory tasks, some parietal regions mediate similar attentional control processes to those involved in perception tasks (orienting in DPC vs. detection in VPC), although on different types of information (mnemonic vs. sensory).

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  • Cabeza et al. (2011;2012) have proposed that the ventral parietal cortex could have an overarching function, but it has subregions that, through different functional connectivity, apply the function to different types of information according to different goals.

    “Indeed, Cabeza et al. (2011;2012) have also proposed that the ventral parietal cortex could have an overarching function, but it has subregions that, through different functional connectivity, apply the function to different types of information according to different goals.”

    From Functional Heterogeneity and Convergence in the Right Temporoparietal Junction (2016) · cites this paper as Cabeza et al. 2011

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  • Even if the region of overlap performs a common function such as contextual updating, the pattern of the input to or output from this region could be different depending on the task being performed.

    “Even if the region of overlap performs a common function such as contextual updating, the pattern of the input to or output from this region could be different depending on the task being performed (Cabeza et al. 2011;Cabeza et al. 2012;Geng and Vossel 2013).”

    From Functional Heterogeneity and Convergence in the Right Temporoparietal Junction (2016) · cites this paper as Cabeza et al. 2011

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Authors
Cabeza, R., Mazuz, Y. S., Stokes, J., Kragel, J. E., Woldorff, M. G., Ciaramelli, E., Olson, I. R., & Moscovitch, M.
Affiliations
  • Duke University (US)
  • University of Bologna (IT)
  • Temple University (US)
  • University of Toronto (CA)
Venue
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
Published
2011-11-01
Volume
23
Issue
11
Pages
3209-3217
ISSN
  • 0898-929X (ISSN-L)
  • 1530-8898
OpenAlex
W2101277424
Cited by
148
References
35
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FWCI
7.31
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute on Aging (R01AG019731, AG 19731, AG23770, R01AG023770, R56AG023770)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH091113)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Functions and Memory
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
Keywords
dorsal parietal cortex, episodic memory retrieval, top-down attention, bottom-up attention, orienting, detection, intraparietal sulcus, temporoparietal junction, visual cortex connectivity
MeSH terms
Adult, Attention, Brain Mapping, Female, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Neural Pathways, Orientation, Oxygen, Paired-Associate Learning, Parietal Lobe, Photic Stimulation, Reaction Time, Mental Recall, Visual Perception, Vocabulary, Linear Models, Young Adult

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