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Drawing of a person with the brain exposed. They are standing in a field and DNA strands are sprouting like beanstalks.

·October 22, 2015·2 min read

Problems with Spatial Navigation Could Indicate Alzheimer’s Years Before Onset

A new study reports problems with spatial navigation could predict those at risk for developing Alzheimer's disease years before symptoms appear.

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·December 22, 2015·2 min read

When Preconception Trumps Logic

Researchers report they can reconstruct our mental visualizations when we navigate our way around a maze.

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·March 16, 2018·4 min read

Why Older People Might Lose Their Way

Researchers report the firing patterns of grid cells are less stable in older adults. This, they say, could be why older people have more problems with spatial navigation than younger people.

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·August 2, 2019·6 min read

Knowing where the center of a space is helps inform spatial awareness

The postrhinal cortex of rats contains three types of spatial cells which act together to provide a sense of location and directional orientation.

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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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·February 11, 2019·5 min read

Rats in Augmented Reality Help Show How the Brain Determines Location

Using augmented reality, researchers discover how rats recalibrate learned relationships between a landmark, speed, distance and time to create a locational 'map' in the brain.

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·April 16, 2015·5 min read

Grid Cells Help Mice Mentally Map Their Location in the Dark

Researchers discover grid cells can help mice to effectively map their location in the dark.

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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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·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.