title: Cognitive neuroscience: scene layout from vision and touch.
abstract: Parahippocampal and retrosplenial cortices respond strongly to visual scenes. A new study shows that these regions also activate when scenes are perceived haptically - even in the blind.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. epstein@psych.upenn.edu
authors.forename: Russell A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Epstein
mesh_terms: D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005556:Form Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*