Baxter Mark G
Department of Experimental Psychology, Oxford University, South Parks Road, Oxford, UK.
Neuron. 2009 Mar 12;61(5):667-77. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2009.02.007.
Beginning approximately a decade and a half ago, it was suggested that some structures that are considered to be part of the "medial temporal lobe memory system" could play a role in perception as well. The implications of this view, interpreted broadly, are that medial temporal lobe structures may be understood as an extension of the ventral visual stream and that their functions cannot be described exclusively in terms of memory. Considerable evidence now supports the view that medial temporal lobe structures are involved in nonmnemonic aspects of cognition, such as perception. This discovery allows for a fuller understanding of the involvement of these structures in mental phenomena than does a purely mnemonic account of their function. See the related review by Suzuki, "Perception and the Medial Temporal Lobe: Evaluating the Current Evidence," in this issue of Neuron.
大约十五年前开始有人提出，一些被认为是“内侧颞叶记忆系统”一部分的结构可能在感知中也发挥作用。从广义上解释，这一观点的含义是，内侧颞叶结构可被理解为腹侧视觉通路的延伸，其功能不能仅用记忆来描述。现在有大量证据支持内侧颞叶结构参与认知的非记忆方面，如感知。与对这些结构功能的纯记忆性解释相比，这一发现能让人更全面地理解这些结构在心理现象中的参与情况。见本期《神经元》杂志中铃木的相关综述《感知与内侧颞叶：评估当前证据》。
