Tag: hippocampus
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The Brain’s Flicker Between Real and Remembered Spaces: How the Hippocampus Rewrites Our Maps
Introduction: A Brain That Reconfigures Its Own Maps The brain’s ability to navigate unfamiliar environments rests on the hippocampus, a seafaring captain of memory and space. Known for creating cognitive maps—internal representations of our surroundings—it doesn’t merely store a single route. In a recent study published in Nature Communications, researchers reveal how the hippocampus actively…
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Hippocampus Flickers Between Reality and Old Maps in Navigation
Overview: A Brain With Flexible Maps The hippocampus, a seahorse-shaped region deep inside the brain, serves as the brain’s GPS. It forms cognitive maps—internal representations of our surrounding environments—that help us orient, plan routes, and adapt when spaces change. Recent research published in Nature Communications reveals a dynamic mechanism by which these maps aren’t fixed…
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Hippocampus Flickers Between Maps for Flexible Navigation
The Brain as a Flexible Navigator The hippocampus is often described as the brain’s GPS, creating internal representations of our surroundings called cognitive maps. New findings deepen this view by showing how these maps aren’t fixed; they are continually modified to help us move through unfamiliar spaces. In a study published in Nature Communications, researchers…