Deconstructing Brain Systems Involved in Memory and Spatial Skills

Friday, April 3, 2015 - 08:00 in Psychology & Sociology

In work that reconciles two competing views of brain structures involved in memory and spatial perception, researchers have conducted experiments that suggest the hippocampus -- a small region in the brain's limbic system -- is dedicated largely to memory formation and not to spatial skills, such as navigation.

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