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ANNUAL REVIEW OF VISION SCIENCE, VOL 5
Volume 5, Issue -, Pages 373-397Publisher
ANNUAL REVIEWS
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-vision-091718-014809
Keywords
functional magnetic resonance imaging; visual cortex; visual recognition; spatial navigation; hippocampus; neural networks
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- Intramural NIH HHS [ZIA MH002909] Funding Source: Medline
- NEI NIH HHS [R21 EY027047, R01 EY022350] Funding Source: Medline
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH [ZIAMH002909] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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Humans are remarkably adept at perceiving and understanding complex real-world scenes. Uncovering the neural basis of this ability is an important goal of vision science. Neuroimaging studies have identified three cortical regions that respond selectively to scenes: parahippocampal place area, retrosplenial complex/medial place area, and occipital place area. Here, we review what is known about the visual and functional properties of these brain areas. Scene-selective regions exhibit retinotopic properties and sensitivity to low-level visual features that are characteristic of scenes. They also mediate higher-level representations of layout, objects, and surface properties that allow individual scenes to be recognized and their spatial structure ascertained. Challenges for the future include developing computational models of information processing in scene regions, investigating how these regions support scene perception under ecologically realistic conditions, and understanding how they operate in the context of larger brain networks.
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