The Cognitive Map: An Incredible Display of the Brain’s Complexity

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To be spatially capable creatures, humans need their brains to tell them 1) where things are in relation to themselves and 2) where everything is in relation to everything else—the so-called allocentric map of space. To navigate an environment, the brain seems to generate a mental representation of its surroundings. This is often called a cognitive map.1

 

In 1971, neuroscientists John O’Keefe and Jonathan Dost… Read More...

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