Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Perirhinal cortex ablation impairs visual object identification

M J Buckley1, D Gaffan

  • 1Department of Experimental Psychology, Oxford University, Oxford, OX1 3UD, United Kingdom.

The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience
|April 18, 1998
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

An open-label, phase 2, single centre, randomized, crossover design bioequivalence study of AndroForte 5 testosterone cream and Testogel 1% testosterone gel in hypogonadal men: study LP101.

Andrology·2016
Same author

A spurious category-specific visual agnosia for living things in normal human and nonhuman primates.

Journal of cognitive neuroscience·2013
Same author

Mamillary Body Lesions in Monkeys Impair Object-in-Place Memory: Functional Unity of the Fornix-Mamillary System.

Journal of cognitive neuroscience·2013
Same author

Scene-specific memory for objects: a model of episodic memory impairment in monkeys with fornix transection.

Journal of cognitive neuroscience·2013
Same author

Nitrous oxide does not depress left ventricular contractility in ischemic rat heart.

Journal of anesthesia·2013
Same author

Episodic and semantic memory and the role of the not-hippocampus.

Trends in cognitive sciences·2011
Same journal

Endogenous peptide derived from c-Cbl-associated protein counteracts its inhibitory effect on enteric neural crest cell colonization in Hirschsprung disease.

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience·2026
Same journal

Drowsiness alters the neural dynamics but not the core computations of multisensory integration.

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience·2026
Same journal

A Matter of Parameters: Tailored Transcranial Focused Ultrasound Enhances Cortico-Thalamo-Cortical Circuit Resonance.

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience·2026
Same journal

Proactive visual and motor prioritization differentially scale with cue reliability.

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience·2026
Same journal

Erratum: Yao et al., "Estrogen Regulates Bcl-w and Bim Expression: Role in Protection against β-Amyloid Peptide-Induced Neuronal Death".

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience·2026
Same journal

Erratum: L'Episcopo et al., "Plasticity of Subventricular Zone Neuroprogenitors in MPTP (1-Methyl-4-Phenyl-1,2,3,6-Tetrahydropyridine) Mouse Model of Parkinson's Disease Involves Cross Talk between Inflammatory and Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling Pathways: Functional Consequences for Neuroprotection and Repair".

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience·2026
See all related articles

Bilateral perirhinal cortex ablation impairs visual object identification in monkeys. This suggests the perirhinal cortex is crucial for processing object concepts, not just memory.

Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Primate Research

Background:

  • Perirhinal cortex damage in monkeys causes deficits in recognition memory and discrimination learning.
  • These impairments suggest a role for the perirhinal cortex in visual object identification.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To directly test the hypothesis that the perirhinal cortex is involved in visual object identification.
  • To investigate the role of the perirhinal cortex beyond memory functions.

Main Methods:

  • Compared monkeys with bilateral perirhinal cortex ablation to normal controls on two visual tasks.
  • Task 1: Relearning familiar object discriminations with novel views.
  • Task 2: Performing familiar discriminations within novel complex scenes.

Related Experiment Videos

Main Results:

  • Monkeys with perirhinal cortex ablations were significantly impaired on both visual tasks.
  • Performance deficits occurred even when tasks involved familiar objects and discriminations.

Conclusions:

  • The perirhinal cortex is essential for visual object identification, not solely for memory.
  • This region is crucial for processing coherent object concepts, explaining memory and associative deficits after damage.