Researchers have systematically detailed, step by step, how cognitive maps form in the brain's hippocampus -- a region responsible for learning and memory.
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YOO Michael Seng Bum, co-lead author, added, "This research demonstrates the hippocampus's role in coordinating multiple cognitive processes, beyond its role in individual processes." SHIM Won Mok ...
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In Severance, Irving’s (John Turturro) outie can access memories ... with remembering the events of the work day is the hippocampus—and, interestingly, this same brain region also supports ...
Sleep plays a pivotal role in refining the brain’s ability to form and solidify cognitive maps—mental representations ... called place cells in the hippocampus. Over time, weaker neurons ...