A Network for Scene Processing in the Macaque Temporal Lobe

Overview

Journal Neuron

Publisher Cell Press

Specialty Neurology

Date 2013 Jul 30

PMID 23891401

Citations 67

Authors

Simon Kornblith

Xueqi Cheng

Shay Ohayon

Doris Y Tsao

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Abstract

Spatial navigation is a complex process, but one that is essential for any mobile organism. We localized a region in the macaque occipitotemporal sulcus that responds preferentially to images of scenes. Single-unit recording revealed that this region, which we term the lateral place patch (LPP), contained a large concentration of scene-selective single units. These units were not modulated by spatial layout alone but were instead modulated by a combination of spatial and nonspatial factors, with individual units coding specific scene parts. We further demonstrate by microstimulation that LPP is connected with extrastriate visual areas V4V and DP and a scene-selective medial place patch in the parahippocampal gyrus, revealing a ventral network for visual scene processing in the macaque.

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