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Image shows granual cells in the dentate gyrus of a rat.

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·February 6, 2016·4 min read

How the Brain Builds Place Memories

Researchers have succeeded in activating dormant memory cells in rats.

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·September 5, 2019·5 min read

Hookworm infection may cause cognitive impairment earlier than thought

Human hookworm infection, even at low levels, can cause rapid, acute and measurable cognitive impairments. Using rodent models, researchers found a link between the parasitic infection and alterations in both the microbiome and cognitive development.

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·October 8, 2020·2 min read

Human Spatial Memory Prioritizes High Calorie Foods

People are better able to recall the location of high-calorie foods over healthier options. Findings suggest spatial memory may have evolved to prioritize the location of higher-calorie foods.

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·August 9, 2017·4 min read

Playing With Your Brain: The Negative Impact of Action Video Games

A neuroimaging study reveals response learners show a decrease in hippocampal gray matter after playing action based video games for 90 hours.

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·February 18, 2019·3 min read

How Animals Remember and Find Their Way Back to Food Sources

Study reveals the hippocampus may overlay existing mental maps with information about reward and hazard derived from food found in specific locations.

This diagram shows the location of the hippocampus in the brain.

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·July 18, 2013·2 min read

Brain Imaging Study Reveals Our Brains ‘Divide and Conquer’

A new study sheds light on how learning the layout of a new environment and accessing the information from memory, is represented in the brain.

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·January 10, 2022·3 min read

New Neural Circuits That Regulate Spatial Learning and Memory in the Brain’s Hippocampal Formation Discovered

Study identifies a novel neural circuit that regulates spatial learning and memory in the brain's hippocampal formation.

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·September 6, 2016·5 min read

Human Spatial Memory is Made Up of Numerous Individual Maps

Researchers investigate how spatial memories are formed.

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·September 19, 2019·4 min read

Poor diet may affect long-term spatial memory

What you eat may impact your long-term spatial memory. Rats fed a cafeteria-style diet, high in saturated fats and refined carbs, experienced deterioration in spatial memory that was incremental, according to the pattern of access to junk foods.

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·April 14, 2026·9 min read

Right-to-Left Brain Circuit Essential for Navigation

Researchers have discovered a neural circuit connecting the right and left hippocampus that is vital for spatial memory. The study also links the disruption of this "bridge" to schizophrenia-related cognitive deficits.

This image shows the researcher helping a student wearing the virtual reality headset.

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·June 11, 2015·6 min read

Shedding Light on Navigating in the Dark With Virtual Reality

According to a new study, the brain's internal navigation system works in the same fashion as the grid cell system.

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·April 11, 2026·9 min read

How the Brain Maps What vs. Where When Reality Shifts

The hippocampus reorganizes its activity based on expectations. The anterior region processes "what" changes (objects), while the posterior region handles "where" changes (location).

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spatial memory

How the Brain Builds Place Memories

Hookworm infection may cause cognitive impairment earlier than thought

Human Spatial Memory Prioritizes High Calorie Foods

Playing With Your Brain: The Negative Impact of Action Video Games

How Animals Remember and Find Their Way Back to Food Sources

Brain Imaging Study Reveals Our Brains ‘Divide and Conquer’

New Neural Circuits That Regulate Spatial Learning and Memory in the Brain’s Hippocampal Formation Discovered

Human Spatial Memory is Made Up of Numerous Individual Maps

Poor diet may affect long-term spatial memory

Right-to-Left Brain Circuit Essential for Navigation

Shedding Light on Navigating in the Dark With Virtual Reality

How the Brain Maps What vs. Where When Reality Shifts

Early DBS Protects Cognition in Genetic Parkinson’s

Resource Scarcity Alters Maternal Brain Activity to Hinder Caregiving

Existing Drug Could Halt Brain Inflammation in Alzheimer’s

Ultraprocessed Foods Alter Insulin and Brain Reward Responses

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