Measurement Of Thoughts During Knowledge Acquisition (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences

Measurement Of Thoughts During Knowledge Acquisition

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The study shows that new conceptual information is stored along spatial dimensions in form of a mental map located in the hippocampus -- here as an example the concept of 'Mexico'.

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