FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·December 22, 2021·5 min readNeurons in the Olfactory Cortex Link Smells to PlacesNeurons in the primary olfactory cortex play a role in encoding spatial maps, a new study reports.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 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
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·June 8, 2021·4 min readFirst Glimpse of Brains Retrieving Mistaken Memories ObservedRat study reveals place cells in the hippocampus have the same patterns of activity whether they correctly, or incorrectly recall a memory. However, when the memory is incorrect, the activity begins later and is slower.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·February 15, 2021·5 min readPeeking at the Pathfinding Strategies of the HippocampusResearchers observed hippocampal place cell changes in animal experiments of cue-poor and cue-rich spatial environments. The findings have implications for the treatment of brain disorders and the development of new AI technologies.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·January 11, 2021·6 min readBrain Circuit That Encodes Timing of Events IdentifiedPyramidal cells in the CA2 region of the hippocampus are responsible for storing critical timing information.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·July 31, 2020·5 min readTo Distinguish Contexts, Animals Think ProbabilisticallyThe act of remapping an area can be mathematically modeled as probabilistic reasoning in rodents.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·April 6, 2020·5 min readMemory 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, 2020·6 min readBrain’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, 2019·5 min readSpecific 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, 2019·6 min readKnowing 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
