Your thoughts travel in the shape of a doughnut (IMAGE)
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May-Britt and Edvard Moser are trying to figure out how communication between nerve cells in the brain enables us to remember things like a childhood friend’s birthday. A discovery in 2022 shows that regardless of whether a rat is running, dreaming, or asleep, the activity in the grid cells moves in a doughnut-shaped pattern. This indicates that the brain follows its own internal rules and is not controlled by sensory impressions.
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Illustration: Helmet / Rita Elmkvist Nilsen / Kavli Institute
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