Place cells: How your brain creates maps of abstract spaces

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Artem Kirsanov

In this video, we will explore the positional system of the brain - hippocampal place cells. We will see how it relates to contextual memory and mapping of more abstract features

OUTLINE:
00:00 Introduction
00:53 Hippocampus
1:27 Discovery of place cells
2:56 3D navigation
3:51 Role of place cells
4:11 Virtual reality experiment
7:47 Remapping
11:17 Mapping of non-spatial dimension
13:36 Conclusion