Cognitive maps: Constructing a route with your snout.

Curr Biol

Center for Mind and Brain, University of California, Davis, 267 Cousteau Place, Davis, CA 95618, USA; Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis, 135 Young Hall, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA. Electronic address:

Published: September 2023

Humans construct cognitive maps of the physical, imagined, and abstract world around us based on visually sampled information. A new study shows how the human brain can also use olfactory cues to form and use cognitive maps.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.08.053DOI Listing

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