Abstract:Representation of the context in which events occur is essential for episodic memory. Yet context is also important for other cognitive processes including, for example, making decisions, sequencing behavior, and associative learning. The rodent postrhinal cortex and its primate homolog, the parahippocampal cortex, are thought to preferentially process visuospatial information in order to represent the spatial features of contexts and scenes. An open question, however, is whether the postrhinal cortex is also… Show more
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