Building-specific categorical processing in the retrosplenial cortex.
This study investigates by functional MRI (fMRI) the characteristics of processing activities at the retrosplenial cortex (RSC) and compares them to activities at the parahippocampal place area (PPA). A special categorical selectivity of the RSC in the recognition of buildings was elucidated. RSC activation-which is related to the processing of information vis-à-vis buildings, as well as the perception and recollection thereof-deals with buildings per se, or the conceptual aspects of buildings; it is not involved in distinguishing information regarding individual buildings, as is the case with PPA.
Sung
Yul-Wan
YW
Kansei Fukushi Research Center, Tohoku Fukushi University, 6-149-1 Kunimigaoka, Aoba, Sendai, Miyagi 989-3201, Japan. sung@tfu-mail.tfu.ac.jp
Kamba
Masayuki
M
Ogawa
Seiji
S
D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005556:Form Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010100:Oxygen / Q000032:analysis; D020534:Parahippocampal Gyrus / Q000502:physiology; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D021641:Recognition, Psychology / Q000502:physiology; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult
D010100:Oxygen