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·October 13, 2015·3 min read

What Happens When Your Brain Can’t Tell Which Way is Up?

A new study on the International Space Station is being conducted to help researchers understand how the brain changes in space and develop ways to deal with those changes.

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·June 22, 2015·4 min read

High Fat and Sugar Diets May Lead to Loss of Cognitive Flexibility

A new study reports high fat and high sugar diets alter gut bacteria and cause changes in cognitive flexibility, or the power to adapt to changes in situations.

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·June 17, 2015·4 min read

Social Insects May Share Brain Power

According to a new study, as social behavior evolved, brain regions for central cognitive processing shrank in social insect species.

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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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·December 4, 2014·4 min read

3D Compass in the Brain

A group of neurons in the hippocampal formation sense which direction the head is pointed, a new study reports.

This image is Santiago Ramon y Cajal's drawing of a hippocampus.

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·November 24, 2014·5 min read

Brain’s Reaction to Virtual Reality Should Prompt Further Study

New findings from virtual reality study could help provide treatments for those with memory problems, study reports.

This image is a diagram showing the rat's poor ability to remember the location of the platform.

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·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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·October 15, 2014·6 min read

Brain’s Compass Relies on Geometric Relationships

People use geometrical relationships to help orient themselves, a new study reports.

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·May 9, 2014·4 min read

Your Brain on Speed: Walking Doesn’t Impair Thinking and Multitasking

Researchers examine how well study participants perform spatial cognitive tasks while walking and standing still.

The image shows the hippocampus location in a rat's brain.

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·April 17, 2014·4 min read

Neurons Tune into Different Frequencies for Different Spatial Memory Tasks

A new study could provide insight into memory problems seen in neurodegenerative diseases in which gamma waves are disturbed.

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·November 29, 2013·4 min read

Memories Are Geotagged with Spatial Information

A new study which used a video game where people navigate through a virtual town helps researchers to pinpoint how spatial information is incorporated into memory, and why remembering a specific experience can trigger memories of events which occurred in the same location.