The role of the angular gyrus in memory for encoded perspective and subjective re-experiencing.
Neuropsychologia July 23, 2026 Andreea Zaman, Ruby Morton, Paige Seath et al.
Remembering personal events typically involves reconstructing our original first-person perspective, often accompanied by a vivid sense of re-experiencing the past. The Angular Gyrus (AnG) has been implicated in both perspective reconstruction and subjective memory experience, yet its specific contribution remains unclear. We investigated the role of the AnG across three studies using a...
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2026.109545 (opens in new tab)
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Angular gyrus
Autonoetic consciousness
Episodic memory
First-person perspective
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