Both humans and other animals are good at learning by inference, using information we do have to figure out things we cannot observe directly. New research from the Center for Mind and Brain at the ...

A new study by neuroscientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology sheds light on how the brain creates internal ...

In school, I recall creating numerous spider diagrams during lessons. You’d put your subject in the middle and branch out with related concepts. But I rarely returned to these diagrams, and when I did ...

Neuroplasticity and sleep hygiene enhance learning, memory, and habit formation by refining cognitive maps and strengthening neural connections.

Observing map formation. To see how these cognitive maps form, the researchers used a Janelia-designed, high-resolution microscope with a large field of view to image neural activity in thousands ...

Feb. 12, 2025 — Researchers have systematically detailed, step by step, how cognitive maps form in the brain's hippocampus -- a region responsible for learning and ... Scientists Map Networks ...

A new study in mice by MIT neuroscientists at The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory provides new evidence for how the brain forms cohesive cognitive maps of whole spaces and highlights the ...