Visual recognition memory for complex configurations

Human hippocampal and parahippocampal activity during visual associative recognition memory for spatial and nonspatial stimulus configurations.

Evidence from animal studies points to the importance of the parahippocampal region (PHR) [including entorhinal, perirhinal, and parahippocampal (PHC) cortices] for recognition of visual stimuli. Recent findings in animals suggest that PHR may also be involved in visual associative recognition memory for configurations of stimuli. Thus far, however, such involvement has not been demonstrated in...

Short-term Memory for Complex Meaningful Visual Configurations: a Demonstration of Capacity.

Visual representations for memory and recognition

One of the main tasks of the brain is to construct a perceptual world that corresponds to its environment. To this end, the information gathered by an organism is organised in the form of internal representations. Representational ability is based on the ability to encode a stimulus in memory and to activate such a trace even if the original stimulus is not available in the current environment....

Does visual expertise improve visual recognition memory?

In general, humans have impressive recognition memory for previously viewed pictures. Many people spend years becoming experts in highly specialized image sets. For example, cytologists are experts at searching micrographs filled with potentially cancerous cells and radiologists are expert at searching mammograms for indications of cancer. Do these experts develop robust visual long-term memory...

Auditory recognition memory is inferior to visual recognition memory.

Visual memory for scenes is surprisingly robust. We wished to examine whether an analogous ability exists in the auditory domain. Participants listened to a variety of sound clips and were tested on their ability to distinguish old from new clips. Stimuli ranged from complex auditory scenes (e.g., talking in a pool hall) to isolated auditory objects (e.g., a dog barking) to music. In some condi...