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So they found the probable place where neurons dealing spatial and temporary matters are located?

• echelon 3y ago
  > Our study reveals neurons in the MTL and mPFC that encode time and space during exploration in a virtual environment for fixed durations. Time cells activated at rest in the absence of movement or other external contextual change, while distinct time cells and place cells emerged during navigation and ex- hibited divergent responses to changing tasks. These results demonstrate a neuron-level code for spatiotemporal context in the human brain, in which time and space are simultaneously represented but not wholly conjoined. Hack for skimming papers: 1. Read the abstract. It's short and will tell you what the paper investigates. If it's too much jargon, skip it and come back. 2. Skip the entire paper and read the "discussion" or "conclusion" near the end. This will pretty much tell you what the paper is saying, typically in more familiar language. 3. Go back and re-read the abstract. 4. If you're still interested, read the figures. 5. If this paper is up your alley, now you can read the whole paper with context and can appreciate the methods of investigation.
  • neuronerdgirl 3y ago
    One small suggested addendum: 1.5) read the last paragraph or two of the intro. Most good papers spend these paragraphs laying out their study and their expected and alternate hypotheses. It's a quick way to go from the floaty higher order topics covered in the abstract and discussion and drill into exactly what the scope of the paper actually is.
  • deepfriedchokes 3y ago
    Isn’t movement always happening, though, because of things like saccades?
• coffeebeqn 3y ago
  Next step: psychedelics that hit that area
  • Aeglaecia 3y ago
    Dredd (2013)