The parietal cortex and episodic memory: an attentional account.
The contribution of the parietal cortex to episodic memory is a fascinating scientific puzzle. On the one hand, parietal lesions do not normally yield severe episodic-memory deficits; on the other hand, parietal activations are seen frequently in functional-neuroimaging studies of episodic memory. A review of these two categories of evidence suggests that the answer to the puzzle requires us to distinguish between the contributions of dorsal and ventral parietal regions and between the influence of top-down and bottom-up attention on memory.
Cabeza
Roberto
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Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke University, B203 LSRC building, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA. cabeza@duke.edu
Ciaramelli
Elisa
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Olson
Ingrid R
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Moscovitch
Morris
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D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*