title: The Proustian itinerary from sensation to memory.
abstract: Information processing streams that proceed through the sensory unimodal and multimodal areas of the cerebral cortex, and hence the limbic system, bring from perception to memory. This itinerary through the neural networks underlying perception and cognition is briefly outlined through famous passages from Marcel Proust's "Swann's Way", in which the flavour of the "petites madeleines" triggers vivid recollection.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Anatomia Umana e Istologia, Università di Verona.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bentivoglio
mesh_terms: D003071:Cognition; D006801:Humans; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D008568:Memory; D009415:Nerve Net; D010465:Perception; D012677:Sensation