Medicine and Health

Concept and location neurons in the human brain provide the 'what' and 'where' in memory formation

S. Mackay, T. P. Reber, et al.

Our brains fuse the 'who/what' and 'where' of experience into lasting memories — this study shows that distinct neurons in the human medial temporal lobe (concept cells in hippocampus, amygdala, entorhinal cortex, and parahippocampal location-selective neurons) increase firing during successful encoding, supporting hippocampal indexing. Research conducted by Sina Mackay, Thomas P. Reber, Marcel Bausch, Jan Boström, Christian E. Elger, and Florian Mormann.