“…Three specific findings observed in experiments using synthetic displays are pertinent for the present study. First, studies of contextual cueing have provided neuropsychological and fMRI evidence that this form of learning relies on the hippocampus (Chun & Phelps, 1999; Greene, Gross, Elsinger, & Rao, 2007; Manelis & Reder, in press), a structure typically associated with declarative long-term memory (e.g., Moscovitch, Nadel, Winocur, Gilboa, & Rosenbaum, 2006; Squire, 1992). Second, electrophysiological studies have shown that visual cortical responses that are typically modulated by spatial attention are also enhanced for previously viewed configurations compared novel configurations (Johnson, Woodman, Braun, & Luck, 2007; Olson, Chun, & Allison, 2001).…”