FeaturedNeuroscience·January 6, 2023·3 min readThe Brain’s Ability to Perceive Space Expands Like the UniverseTime spent in a novel environment causes neural representations to grow in a surprising way.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·April 4, 2022·6 min readGrowing Up in Rural or Suburban Areas Improves Spatial NavigationPeople who were raised in rural or suburban areas have better spatial navigation skills than those raised within a city, a new study reveals.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 16, 2021·6 min readEver Been Lost in the Grocery Store? Researchers Are Closer to Knowing Why It HappensFindings shed light on repulsion, or why the brain treats similar environments as though they are more different than a pair of environments that have nothing in common.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·October 28, 2021·5 min readThe Goal in Mind: Brain’s Internal Goal Map Helps Animals Precisely Navigate to Chosen DestinationStudy reveals a specific neural code for spatial goals, providing evidence for the brain's goal map that guides us to a remote location over space and time.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·October 22, 2021·5 min readVR Experiment With Rats Offers New Insights About How Neurons Enable LearningStudying rats in a virtual reality maze, researchers discover certain hippocampal neurons play a vital role in a specific mechanism of navigation.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·October 18, 2021·5 min readHow the Brain Navigates CitiesResearchers say the brain appears to be wired to calculate not the shortest path, but the "pointiest" path, facing us toward our destination as much as possible.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 3, 2021·4 min readNew Model for Solving Novel Problems Uses Mental MapThe cognitive map allows people to compute on the fly with limited information to solve abstract problems.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·August 7, 2021·4 min readKids Set Free to Roam on Their Own Feel More Confident Navigating in AdulthoodChildren allowed to explore a distance beyond their home either alone or with friends are more confident and accomplished in navigational skills as adults, researchers report.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·April 30, 2021·2 min readNavigating the SquircleStudy reveals hippocampal maps predict context-dependent behaviors.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·March 10, 2021·3 min readWhere Am I Going? Just Ask Your SubiculumThe subiculum helps route navigation-associated information received by the hippocampus downstream to other areas of the brain.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·December 31, 2020·7 min readHow Our Brains Track Where We and Others GoStudy reveals how our brains navigate physical spaces and how we are able to keep track of other people's locations.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurologyNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·August 31, 2020·4 min readPeople With Increased Risk of Alzheimer’s Have Deficits in NavigatingGrid cell dysfunction in the entorhinal cortex may explain why people with a genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease have problems with navigation.Read More