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Y Kwon¹, J J Salvo¹, N Anderson¹

¹Northwestern University Department of Neurology.

Biorxiv : the Preprint Server for Biology

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The parietal memory network (PMN) is more distributed than previously thought. High-resolution brain imaging reveals its widespread connections, supporting a principle of brain organization for higher cognitive functions.

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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Cognitive Neuroscience
Brain Imaging

Background:

Higher cognitive functions are typically served by widely distributed brain networks.
The parietal memory network (PMN), crucial for recognition memory, was thought to be restricted to posteromedial association cortex.
This restricted view challenged the principle of distributed brain networks.

Conclusions:

The PMN, when examined with high-resolution techniques, exhibits a distributed architecture.
This finding supports the organizing principle that parallel distributed networks underlie association cortex functions.
The study refines our understanding of memory networks and brain organization.