A model of spatial recall, mental imagery and neglect. Advances in neural information proce.pdfVIP

Modelling spatial recall, mental imagery and neglect Suzanna Becker Department of Psychology McMaster University 1280 Main Street West Hamilton, Ont. Canada L8S 4K1 becker@mcmaster.ca Neil Burgess Department of Anatomy and Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL 17 Queen Square London, UK WC1N 3AR n.burgess@ucl.ac.uk Abstract We present a computational model of the neural mechanisms in the pari- etal and temporal lobes that support spatial navigation, recall of scenes and imagery of the products of recall. Long term representations are stored in the hippocampus, and are associated with local