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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·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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          FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles
          ·March 10, 2016·3 min read

          Thinking About Moving? Grid Cells’ Role in Human Imagination Revealed

          A new study suggests grid cells are involved in a broader range of cognitive processes than previously thought.
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·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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          FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles
          ·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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          This shows grid cell diagrams.
          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·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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          FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles
          ·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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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·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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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·November 19, 2019·4 min read

          Virtual ‘moonwalk’ for science reveals distortions in spatial memory

          Memories learned within a distorted coordinated system are also distorted when recalled later.
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          This shows a person smelling a flower
          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·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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          This image is a diagram showing the rat's poor ability to remember the location of the platform.
          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·November 10, 2014·3 min read

          The Brain’s “Inner GPS” Gets Dismantled

          A new study could help provide new insight into why some people with Alzheimer's disease have problems with their sense of direction.
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          FeaturedNeurology
          ·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.
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          This image shows a drawing of a sleeping rat.
          FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles
          ·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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