Tag
Hippocampus
Entries tagged hippocampus.
3 entries
Thinker
Edward Tolman
The behaviorist who proved rats build "cognitive maps," keeping internal representation alive until neuroscience found it in the brain.
11 min
ConceptNeuroplasticity
The brain's lifelong capacity to reorganize its own structure and connections in response to experience, injury, and use.
8 min
ConceptPhineas Gage and H.M.
Two brain-damaged patients, one who lost his temperament and one who lost his ability to form memories, who taught neuroscience both what a single case can prove and how easily its story gets embellished in the retelling.
9 min