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FeaturedNeuroscience·April 6, 2020Memory cells that help us interpret new situations identifiedHippocampal neurons that store abstract memories of prior experiences activate when new, but similar events take place. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·January 30, 2020Brain’s ‘GPS system’ toggles between present and possible future paths in real timeStudy 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. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·November 12, 2019Specific neurons that map memories now identified in the human brainNeural activity in the entorhinal cortex is correlated with place-based memories. The findings shed new light on how the brain processes spatial memory. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 2, 2019Knowing where the center of a space is helps inform spatial awarenessThe postrhinal cortex of rats contains three types of spatial cells which act together to provide a sense of location and directional orientation. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceneurotech·February 11, 2019Rats in Augmented Reality Help Show How the Brain Determines LocationUsing augmented reality, researchers discover how rats recalibrate learned relationships between a landmark, speed, distance and time to create a locational 'map' in the brain. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 9, 2018Navigating Our Thoughts: Fundamental Principles of ThinkingResearchers propose a new theory of human thinking, suggesting our brain's navigation system is key to thinking. This may explain why our knowledge seems to be organized in spatial fashion. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 7, 2018Bravery Cells Found in the HippocampusOLM cells in the hippocampus play a key role in risk taking behavior and anxiety, researchers report. Read More
artificial intelligencedeep learningFeaturedNeuroscienceneurotech·June 5, 2018Neurons Ripple While Brain Rests to Lock in MemoriesUsing a model commonly used in machine learning, researchers discover how the brain encodes spatial maps and stores information while at rest. Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·June 4, 2018Gene Linked to Intellectual Ability Affects Memory Replay: Mouse StudySCN2A, a gene commonly associated with intellectual ability, plays an essential role in memory formation and replay, a new study reports. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·May 11, 2018Putting Distinct Memories of Similar Events in Their PlaceA new study reports, contrary to popular belief, place cells in the dentate gyrus do not remap. Instead, memory discrimination is controlled by increased co-firing of place cells and the neurons that organize which place cells discharge. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·February 27, 2018Brain Can Navigate Based Solely on SmellsUsing a 'smell virtual landscape', researchers discover the mammalian brain can map our surroundings based on smells alone. Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·January 8, 2018Modifying Memories During Sleep Could Reduce TraumaA new study looks how it may be possible to help reduce trauma associated with bad memories while we sleep. Read More
