Tracking the Brain's GPS (IMAGE)

NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Tracking the Brain's GPS

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Scientists used a special backpack to study for the first time how a person's brain navigates space and tracks the location of others. The study was funded by the NIH's BRAIN Initiative.

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Courtesy of Suthana lab, UCLA.

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