The prevailing view of medial temporal lobe (MTL) function has two principal elements: first, that the MTL subserves memory but not perception, and second, that the many anatomically distinctive parts of the MTL function together in the service of declarative memory. Recent neuropsychological studies have, however, challenged both opinions. First, studies in rodents, nonhuman primates, and humans suggest that the perirhinal cortex represents information about objects for both mnemonic and perceptual purposes. Second, the idea that MTL components contribute to declarative memory in similar ways has also been contradicted. Whereas the perirhinal cortex plays an essential role in familiarity-based object recognition, the hippocampus contributes little, if at all, to this function. In both primates and rodents, the hippocampus contributes to the memory and perception of places and paths, whereas the perirhinal cortex does so for objects and the contents of scenes.

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视觉感知和记忆：灵长类动物和啮齿动物内侧颞叶功能的新观点。

内侧颞叶 (MTL) 功能的主流观点有两个主要要素：首先，MTL 服务于记忆而不是感知，其次，MTL 的许多解剖学上独特的部分共同服务于陈述性记忆。然而，最近的神经心理学研究对这两种观点提出了挑战。首先，对啮齿动物、非人类灵长类动物和人类的研究表明，鼻周皮层代表关于物体的信息，用于记忆和感知目的。其次，MTL 组件以类似方式有助于陈述性记忆的观点也遭到了反驳。尽管鼻周皮层在基于熟悉度的物体识别中起着至关重要的作用，但海马体对这一功能的贡献很小，如果有的话。在灵长类动物和啮齿动物中，