The human brain uses a grid to represent space

Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 13:07 in Biology & Nature

'Grid cells' that act like a spatial map in the brain have been identified for the first time in humans, according to new research by UCL scientists which may help to explain how we create internal maps of new environments.

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