Intact memory for irrelevant information impairs perception in amnesia

MD Barense, IIA Groen, ACH Lee, LK Yeung, SM Brady… - Neuron, 2012 - cell.com
Memory and perception have long been considered separate cognitive processes, and
amnesia resulting from medial temporal lobe (MTL) damage is thought to reflect damage to …

Reducing perceptual interference improves visual discrimination in mild cognitive impairment: Implications for a model of perirhinal cortex function

RN Newsome, A Duarte, MD Barense - Hippocampus, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Memory loss resulting from damage to the medial temporal lobes (MTL) is traditionally
considered to reflect damage to a dedicated, exclusive memory system. Recent work …

The perirhinal cortex modulates V2 activity in response to the agreement between part familiarity and configuration familiarity

MA Peterson, L Cacciamani, MD Barense… - …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Research has demonstrated that the perirhinal cortex (PRC) represents complex object‐
level feature configurations, and participates in familiarity versus novelty discrimination …