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New study reveals where memories of familiar places are stored in the brain – EurekAlert

As we move through the world, what we see is seamlessly integrated with our memory of the broader spatial environment. How does the brain accomplish this feat?…

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IMAGE: The place-memory network of the human brain, compared with the brain areas that process visual scenes (white).
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Credit: Figure by A.Steel et al.
As we move through the world, what we see is seamlessly integrated with our memory of the broader spatial environment. How does the brain accomplish this feat? A new study from Dartmouth College reveals that three regions of the brain in the posterior cerebral cortex, which the researchers call “place-memory areas,” form a link between…

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