The Memory Map of Visual Space

Román Rossi-Pool; José Vergara; Ranulfo Romo

doi:10.1016/j.tins.2017.12.005

The Memory Map of Visual Space

Trends Neurosci. 2018 Mar;41(3):117-120. doi: 10.1016/j.tins.2017.12.005.

Authors

Román Rossi-Pool¹, José Vergara¹, Ranulfo Romo²

Affiliations

¹ Instituto de Fisiología Celular-Neurociencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510 Mexico City, Mexico.
² Instituto de Fisiología Celular-Neurociencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510 Mexico City, Mexico; El Colegio Nacional, 06020, Mexico City, Mexico. Electronic address: rromo@ifc.unam.mx.

PMID: 29499771
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2017.12.005

Abstract

A 1989 paper by Patricia Goldman-Rakic and colleagues reported that the prefrontal cortex coded the visual space during working memory. This landmark work not only offered a biological explanation for this cognitive function, but also opened up a wide field of research aimed at understanding the biological bases of various cognitive functions.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Brain Mapping
Cognition / physiology*
Humans
Memory, Short-Term / physiology*
Prefrontal Cortex / physiology*
Space Perception / physiology
Visual Perception / physiology*