Hippocampus binds context; perirhinal scores familiarity

Correct: B — Hippocampus binds item and context for recollection, perirhinal cortex preferentially supports familiarity, and parahippocampal cortex represents context

Diana, Yonelinas & Ranganath (2007) integrated dual-process recognition theory with anatomical distinctions inside the MTL. They argued that perirhinal cortex represents item-level information and supports familiarity (a fast, gist-like sense of having encountered the stimulus), parahippocampal cortex represents context, and the hippocampus binds item and context to support full recollection of the encoding episode. Selective lesions, fMRI dissociations, and ROC analyses generally fit this 'binding-of-item-and-context' (BIC) model, which remains a leading framework for understanding why some recognition feels like vivid replay while other recognition is just a 'sense of pastness'.