Abstract
Human and nonhuman primates have a remarkable ability to recall, maintain and manipulate visual images in the absence of external sensory stimulation. Evidence from lesion, single-unit neurophysiological and neuroimaging studies shows that these visual working memory processes are consistently associated with sustained activity in object-selective inferior temporal neurons. Furthermore, results from these studies suggest that mnemonic activity in the inferior temporal cortex is, in turn, supported by top-down inputs from multimodal regions in prefrontal and medial temporal cortex, and under some circumstances, from the hippocampus.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 175-182 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Current Opinion in Neurobiology |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 2005 |
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Directing the mind's eye : Prefrontal, inferior and medial temporal mechanisms for visual working memory. / Ranganath, Charan; D'Esposito, Mark.
In: Current Opinion in Neurobiology, Vol. 15, No. 2, 04.2005, p. 175-182.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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AB - Human and nonhuman primates have a remarkable ability to recall, maintain and manipulate visual images in the absence of external sensory stimulation. Evidence from lesion, single-unit neurophysiological and neuroimaging studies shows that these visual working memory processes are consistently associated with sustained activity in object-selective inferior temporal neurons. Furthermore, results from these studies suggest that mnemonic activity in the inferior temporal cortex is, in turn, supported by top-down inputs from multimodal regions in prefrontal and medial temporal cortex, and under some circumstances, from the hippocampus.
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