Spatial Cognition: Finding the Boundary in the Occipital Place Area.
A new study using transcranial magnetic stimulation and a virtual reality navigation task has shown that we need the brain's occipital place area to accurately remember where objects are located in relation to boundaries, but not in relation to landmarks.
UCL Institute of Behavioural Neuroscience, Department of Experimental Psychology, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London, UK. Electronic address: h.spiers@ucl.ac.uk.
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D001921:Brain; D003071:Cognition; D006801:Humans; D011939:Mental Recall; D050781:Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation