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‘Place Cells’ Go to Town — and Back
The hippocampus is a region of the brain that helps form long-term memories and plays a crucial role in helping us navigate the world. In a recent study, Yale researchers in the lab of George Dragoi, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, revealed just how it does this, enabling us to find our place in the world, recall location and direction, and finally even predict what we might find when we reach a new destination.
Source: Yale News