The world around us is beyond complicated. One theory of how the brain deals with this complexity is by creating cognitive maps. In part one, we discussed the underlying ideas behind cognitive maps ...

Study reveals how the brain decodes and reacts to smells, linking odors to emotion and memory. Study: Single-neuron ...

The discovery that certain smells can be linked to specific neurons is helping us understand how the brain encodes concepts ...

A seminal finding by Fried and his colleagues was that of "concept cells" in human hippocampus and entorhinal cortex that responds to particular individuals, places or distinct objects and appear ...

A recent study suggests that a drug approved for the treatment of seizures may also help treat Alzheimer's in people who do ...

A study led by UCLA Health has begun to unravel one of the fundamental mysteries in neuroscience—how the human brain encodes ...

Dr. Fried’s earlier research used brain scans and recordings to understand how the brain helps us navigate space. This research showed that two areas, the hippocampus and entorhinal cortex, play ...