From vision to memory: How scene-sensitive regions support episodic memory formation during child development

• DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2024.101340
• Publication Date: 2024-01-05T04:17:45Z
• Authors: Xiaoqian J Chai; Lingfei Tang; John DE Gabrieli; Noa Ofen
• Keywords: Retrosplenial cortex; Autobiographical Memory; Memory development

Previous brain imaging studies have identified three regions that selectively respond to visual scenes, the parahippocampal place area (PPA), occipital (OPA), and retrosplenial cortex (RSC). There is growing evidence these scene-sensitive process different types of scene information may developmental timelines in supporting perception. How support memory functions during child development largely unknown. We investigated PPA, OPA RSC activations associated with episodic formation childhood (5-7 years age) young adulthood, using a subsequent paradigm functional localizer for scenes. OPA, activation connectivity differed between children adults. Subsequent effects were found all In children, however, robust only PPA. Functional successful encoding was significant among adults, but not children. PPA subsequently PPA-RSC correlated accuracy These age-related differences add new linking protracted memory.