RETROSPLENIAL CORTEX (RSC) : encodes FIRST PERSON PERSPECTIVE in SPECIFIC PLACES.*
“RSC anchors internal spatial representations to local topographical features, thus allowing us to stay oriented while we navigate and to retrieve from memory the experience of being in a particular place.”
*AS OPPOSED TO ‘GENETIC CATEGORY’ SUCH AS KITCHEN-LIKE SPACES, MUSEUM-LIKE SPACES, ETC, which are handled by … that part that does exemplars rather than specifics…. sorry for all caps but i’m happy to finally find it
it’s like “wait i’ve been here before” – that’s retrosplenial cortex lighting up