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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Auteurs principaux: Simone Viganò, Valerio Rubino, Marco Buiatti, Manuela Piazza
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Langue:EN
Publié: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/41a59321b1f644d79f3d483c2e7b6421
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Résumé: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.