Several types of neurons involved in spatial navigation and memory encode the distance
and direction (that is, the vector) between an agent and items in its environment. Such …

Aging affects many aspects of everyday living, such as autonomy, security and quality of life.
Among all, spatial memory and spatial navigation show a gradual but noticeable decline, as …

There have been decades of research on the usability and educational value of augmented
reality. However, less is known about how augmented reality affects social interactions. The …

An event memory is a mental construction of a scene recalled as a single occurrence. It
therefore requires the hippocampus and ventral visual stream needed for all scene …

Involuntary images and visual memories are prominent in many types of psychopathology.
Patients with posttraumatic stress disorder, other anxiety disorders, depression, eating …

The past decade has seen a transformation in research on the retrosplenial cortex (RSC).
This cortical area has emerged as a key member of a core network of brain regions that …

Remembering the sequence of events is critical for deriving meaning from our experiences
and guiding behavior. Prior investigations into the function of the human hippocampus have …

Finding one's way around an environment and remembering the events that occur within it
are crucial cognitive abilities that have been linked to the hippocampus and medial temporal …

Episodic memory is widely conceived as a fundamentally constructive, rather than
reproductive, process that is prone to various kinds of errors and illusions. With a view …

The hippocampus appears to be crucial for long-term episodic memory, yet its precise role
remains elusive. Electrophysiological studies in rodents offer a useful starting point for …