The mammalian brain is known to produce mental representations of the spatial environment, known as cognitive maps, that help humans and animals navigate their surroundings. A subpopulation of neurons ...

Researchers have systematically detailed, step by step, how cognitive maps form in the brain's hippocampus -- a region responsible for learning and memory. Our brains build maps of the environment ...

Cognitive mapping offers a structured, visual means of representing complex economic systems through networks of concepts and causal links. By capturing the interdependencies among variables—such as ...