The hippocampus helps you build mental maps of places

The hippocampus helps you build mental maps of places

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The hippocampus helps you build mental maps of places

Published By Shahzad Mahota @shahzad-mahota

The hippocampus helps you build mental maps of places

Place cells and related circuits in the hippocampus fire as you move through rooms and streets, sketching a mental atlas of where you are.

London taxi studies famously linked intensive route learning with hippocampal changes — navigation as a workout for memory tissue.

Getting lost is a map problem. The same region that files episodes also keeps the floor plan of your world.

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Shahzad Mahota @shahzad-mahota

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The hippocampus helps you build mental maps of places