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The ventral lateral parietal cortex in episodic memory: From content to attribution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2020

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Roni Tibon*
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MRC Cognition & Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, CambridgeCB2 7EF, United Kingdom. Roni.Tibon@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk
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Abstract

The ventral lateral parietal cortex (VLPC) shows robust activation during episodic retrieval, and is involved in content representation, as well as in the evaluation of memory traces. This suggests that the VLPC has a crucial contribution to the quality of recollection and the subjective experience of remembering, and situates it at the intersection of the core and attribution systems.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 42 , 2019 , e301
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