The neural representation of absolute direction during mental navigation in conceptual spaces
Viganò et al. use fMRI in healthy human participants to show that conceptual navigation elicits a spatial code for absolute direction in the medial parietal cortex. Their findings are suggestive of a complementary mechanism for conceptual navigation outside the hippocampal formation.
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Nature Portfolio
2021
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/41a59321b1f644d79f3d483c2e7b6421 |
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Summary: | Viganò et al. use fMRI in healthy human participants to show that conceptual navigation elicits a spatial code for absolute direction in the medial parietal cortex. Their findings are suggestive of a complementary mechanism for conceptual navigation outside the hippocampal formation. |
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