Visual memory and visual perception recruit common neural substrates
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This human neuroimaging review aims to determine the degree to which visual memory evokes activity in neural regions that have been associated with visual perception. A visual perception framework is proposed to identify cortical regions associated with modality-specific processing (i.e., visual, auditory, motor, or olfactory), visual domain-specific processing (i.e., "what" versus "where," or face versus visual context), and visual feature-specific processing (i.e., color, motion, or spatial location). Independent assessments of visual item memory studies and visual working memory studies revealed activity in the appropriate cortical regions associated with each of the three levels of visual perception processing. These results provide compelling evidence that visual memory and visual perception are associated with common neural substrates. Furthermore, as with visual perception, they support the view that visual memory is a constructive process, in which features or components from disparate cortical regions bind together to form a coherent whole.
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Correction for multiple comparisons was undertaken using voxel-wise and extent thresholds, with 10,000 Monte Carlo simulations establishing a voxel-level significance of P < 0.001 and clusters exceeding seven contiguous voxels for family-wise error correction of P < 0.05.
“Correction for multiple comparisons was undertaken using the combination of voxel-wise and extent thresholds (Slotnick, 2004) 10,000 Monte Carlo simulations established the simultaneous requirement for a voxel level significance of P < 0.001 and activation clusters exceeding seven contiguous voxels for equivalency a family wise error correction of P < 0.05.”
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- Authors
- Slotnick, S. D.
- Affiliations
- Boston College (US)
- Corresponding author
- Slotnick, Scott D.
- ORCID
- Slotnick, Scott D.
- Venue
- Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience Reviews
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2004-12
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 207-221
- ISSN
- 1534-5823 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-4159
- OpenAlex
- W1999692286
- Cited by
- 130
- References
- 4
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- FWCI
- 1.51
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience Reviews (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
- Keywords
- visual memory, visual perception, visual working memory, modality-specific processing, face perception, visual feature processing, constructive memory
- MeSH terms
- Cerebral Cortex, Humans, Memory, Mental Processes, Neurons, Visual Perception
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