HPC and PFCIillustration (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin

HPC and PFCIillustration

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During learning, the hippocampus (orange), in concert with prefrontal cortex (blue), builds conceptual knowledge for a given goal. When goals change, new learning in HPC and PFC updates knowledge.

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Image by Michael Mack, the University of Toronto.

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