'Free lunch' warps inner spatial map in rat brains and, by implication, human brains
Thursday, March 28, 2019 - 14:42
in Biology & Nature
Our brains' neural circuitry creates spatial maps as we navigate through new environments, allowing us to recall locations and directions. While it's been known for some time that we have these internal maps, a study shows how, in rats, those maps get redrawn when the rats learn they'll receive a reward at a certain place on the map.