Furthermore, according to work by Pierre Mégevand et al. in 2014, stimulation of the region via intracranial electrodes yields intense topographical visual hallucinations of places and situations.

[4] The region was first described by Russell Epstein and Nancy Kanwisher in 1998 at MIT,[5] see also other similar reports by Geoffrey Aguirre[6][7] and Alumit Ishai.

Additional research has suggested that the right parahippocampal gyrus in particular has functions beyond the contextualizing of visual background.

Tests by a California-based group led by Katherine P. Rankin indicate that the lobe may play a crucial role in identifying social context as well, including paralinguistic elements of verbal communication.

[9] For example, Rankin's research suggests that the right parahippocampal gyrus enables people to detect sarcasm.