Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Mapping the social landscape

Scientists have, in recent decades, pinpointed neurons called 'place cells' in our brains that encode our own location in the environment, but how our brains represent the positions of others has been a mystery. New research in bats, reveals a sub-population of neurons that encode the specific location of other bats that are flying nearby.

from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily http://ift.tt/2ELUvh5

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