Brenda Garcia

Jan 6, 2025 | biorxiv.org | Adam Steel |Brenda Garcia |Deepasri Prasad |Caroline E. Robertson

AbstractAdaptive behavior in complex environments requires integrating visual perception with memory of our spatial environment. Recent work has implicated three brain areas in posterior cerebral cortex - the place memory areas (PMAs) that are anterior to the three visual scene perception areas (SPAs) - in this function. However, PMAs' relationship to the broader cortical hierarchy remains unclear due to limited group-level characterization.

Oct 16, 2023 | biorxiv.org | Adam Steel |Edward H. Silson |Brenda Garcia |Caroline E. Robertson

AbstractConventional views of brain organization suggest that the cortical apex processes internally-oriented information using an abstract, amodal neural code. Yet, recent reports have described the presence of retinotopic coding at the cortical apex, including the default mode network. What is the functional role of retinotopic coding atop the cortical hierarchy?