Concept cells through associative learning of high-level representations.
In this issue of Neuron, Quian Quiroga et al. (2014) show that neurons in the human medial temporal lobe (MTL) follow subjects' perceptual states rather than the features of the visual input. Patients with MTL damage however have intact perceptual abilities but suffer instead from extreme forgetfulness. Thus, the reported MTL neurons could create new memories of the current perceptual state.
Université de Toulouse; UPS; Centre de Recherche Cerveau et Cognition; Toulouse, F-31000, France; CNRS; CerCo; Toulouse, F-31000, France.
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Université de Toulouse; UPS; Centre de Recherche Cerveau et Cognition; Toulouse, F-31000, France; CNRS; CerCo; Toulouse, F-31000, France. Electronic address: simon.thorpe@cerco.ups-tlse.fr.
Simon J
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Thorpe
D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000502:physiology*; D005145:Face; D006801:Humans; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D021641:Recognition, Psychology / Q000502:physiology*; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000502:physiology*; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*