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·April 19, 2016·3 min read

Brain Files Memories As We Sleep

Researchers report on how memories formed in one area of the brain are replayed and transferred to a different area during rest.

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·April 22, 2019·5 min read

Brain regions linked to memory and emotion help humans navigate smell

During navigation tasks using a 'smell scape', the entorhinal cortex and ventromedial prefrontal cortex elicit grid cell-like activity.

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·October 19, 2017·4 min read

Brain Takes Seconds to Switch Modes During Tasks

Switching between operational modes occurs dynamically according to the demands of the task at hand, a new study reports.

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·August 26, 2016·5 min read

Brain Uses Backward Instant Replay to Recall Important Travel Routes

Using a chocolatey reward, researchers discover how rats form some memories.

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·January 30, 2020·6 min read

Brain’s ‘GPS system’ toggles between present and possible future paths in real time

Study shows how hippocampal cells can represent different hypothetical scenarios consistently and systematically over time. The findings shed new light on how place cells assist in decision making and imagination.

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·February 11, 2015·3 min read

Brain’s GPS System Influenced by Shape of Environment

Researchers report patters created by grid cells are modified by the shape of the environment.

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·March 3, 2016·4 min read

Brain’s GPS System Tracks Location While at Rest

A new study fills in major gaps in research about the brain's so-called 'GPS system'.

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·April 7, 2017·5 min read

Brain’s Navigation Is More Complex Than Previously Thought

New discovery could change the way we think about how the brain helps us to navigate.

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·April 23, 2015·4 min read

Connecting Places Causes Mental Maps to Merge

Researchers report on how our understanding of how local places connect geographically helps the brain to form a comprehensive global map.

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·June 26, 2015·4 min read

Do Rats Dream of a Journey to a Brighter Future?

Researchers report rats simulate journeys to areas they have not been able to reach while at rest.

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·January 19, 2017·5 min read

Excess Tau Protein Damages Brain’s GPS For Alzheimer’s Patients

The spatial dissociation in Alzheimer's disease that causes people to wander may be a result of tau accumulation in the entorhinal cortex's grid cells, a new study reports.