The Brain's GPS May Also Help Us Map Our Memories (NPR, 11/4/15)

"A brain system that helps us find our way to the supermarket may also help us navigate a lifetime of memories. At least that's the implication of a study of rats published in the journal Neuron. It found that special brain cells that track an animal's location also can track time and distance. This could explain how rat and human brains are able to organize memories according to where and when an event occurred. The cells, called grid cells, appear to be "laying down the sequence of space and time that provide a framework for events that are unfolding," says Howard Eichenbaum, an author of the study and director of the Center for Memory and Brain at Boston University.

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