How does the brain make sense of the visual world and enable us to remember things about it? What kind of neural representations are used for visual perception and for memory? Are there common mechanisms for perceiving objects, faces and scenes? Are there common representations for perceiving and remembering? My work examines memory and visual perception, and attempts to determine the neural underpinnings of these cognitive functions in the ventral visual stream and medial temporal lobe. I use computational models, fMRI and (through collaboration) studies of animals and humans with brain damage.