title: Significance of objects in the perirhinal cortex.
abstract: The perirhinal cortex is known to play a role in recognition memory and visual perception of objects. A recent single-unit recording study adds to our understanding of perirhinal cortex function, suggesting that it may also play a role in evaluating the significance of objects in a context-dependent manner.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA; Center for Neuroscience, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA. Electronic address: inhoff@ucdavis.edu.
authors.forename: Marika C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Inhoff
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA; Center for Neuroscience, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA. Electronic address: cranganath@ucdavis.edu.
authors.forename: Charan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ranganath
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D001245:Association Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000166:cytology*; D003463:Cues; D008297:Male; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D012201:Reward
keywords: association; context; items; learning; perirhinal cortex; reward