The extent of visuospatial context associated with a scene view modulates place memory area activation during the perceptual recognition task. We compared activation of the scene perception and place memory areas across visuospatial context conditions during recognition using an ANOVA with ROI (perception/memory area), visuospatial context (image [i], panorama [p], street [s]), and hemisphere as factors. On the lateral and ventral surfaces, the place memory area activation was modulated by visuospatial context to a greater degree than the scene perception areas. On the medial surface, activity of both the scene perception and place memory area was modulated by known visuospatial context. *p < 0.05. **p < 0.01. ***p < 0.005.