Source: http://brainblogger.com/2016/07/22/how-does-the-brain-organize-memories-across-time/
Research on the organization of our memory has long been a topic of fascination among neuroscientists given that this could lead to treatments for reversing cognitive impairments. Here, we review some recent findings on how memory is organized which show the importance of a coordinated “wave” of neuronal activity in spatial navigation, and the temporal nature underlying how linked memories are encoded.
To this end, the results described herein highlight the crucial and variable role of the hippocampus – the brain’s memory centre – in the formation and consolidation of our memories, and by extension our sense of identity.
Conducting the brain’s neuronal “orchestra”: spatial maps in our mind’s eye
For a mouse, how is a map of space updated and produced when it is navigating its environment? In a recent study, scientists…
Source: http://brainblogger.com/2016/07/22/how-does-the-brain-organize-memories-across-time/
Research on the organization of our memory has long been a topic of fascination among neuroscientists given that this could lead to treatments for reversing cognitive impairments. Here, we review some recent findings on how memory is organized which show the importance of a coordinated “wave” of neuronal activity in spatial navigation, and the temporal nature underlying how linked memories are encoded.
To this end, the results described herein highlight the crucial and variable role of the hippocampus – the brain’s memory centre – in the formation and consolidation of our memories, and by extension our sense of identity.
Conducting the brain’s neuronal “orchestra”: spatial maps in our mind’s eye
For a mouse, how is a map of space updated and produced when it is navigating its environment? In a recent study, scientists…
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