Abstract
It is widely held that the hippocampus plays a crucial role in the retrieval of recent memory, and that memory representation is later formed in the temporal neocortex through consolidation processes. However, accumulating evidence from functional magnetic resonance imaging studies has revealed that memory representation is formed in multiple areas in the lateral temporal cortex (LTC) in humans. Connectivity analyses further suggest possible memory retrieval circuits in the human temporal lobe: 1) memory is initially encoded into the hippocampus, 2) the encoded memory is consolidated in the posterior part of the LTC, and 3) the memory stored in the posterior LTC is retrieved via the anterior part of the LTC.
