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

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 30, 2020

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.... Read More...

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Specific neurons that map memories now identified in the human brain

Neuroscience NewsNovember 12, 2019

Neural 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...

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

Neuroscience NewsAugust 2, 2019

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

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Rats in Augmented Reality Help Show How the Brain Determines Location

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 11, 2019

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.... Read More...

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Navigating Our Thoughts: Fundamental Principles of Thinking

Neuroscience NewsNovember 9, 2018

Researchers 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...

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Bravery Cells Found in the Hippocampus

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 7, 2018

OLM cells in the hippocampus play a key role in risk taking behavior and anxiety, researchers report. ... Read More...

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Neurons Ripple While Brain Rests to Lock in Memories

Neuroscience NewsJune 5, 2018

Using a model commonly used in machine learning, researchers discover how the brain encodes spatial maps and stores information while at rest.... Read More...

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Gene Linked to Intellectual Ability Affects Memory Replay: Mouse Study

Neuroscience NewsJune 4, 2018

SCN2A, a gene commonly associated with intellectual ability, plays an essential role in memory formation and replay, a new study reports.... Read More...

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Putting Distinct Memories of Similar Events in Their Place

Neuroscience NewsMay 11, 2018

A 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...

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