Grid cells in our mind map the whole world- focus your attention to use the brain test

Source- The post is based on the article “Grid cells in our mind map the whole world- focus your attention to use the brain test” published in the The Times of India on 8th October 2022.

Syllabus: GS3- Science and Technology

News– The article explains how the brain understands places and memories.

How Brain help in understanding locations?

The part of Brain called the hippocampus plays an important role in understanding locations . Hippocampal cells help in encoding locations in the environment of our Brain.

In people suffering from epileptic seizure, the hippocampus has to be removed. After removing it, people were intellectual and socially fine. But they cannot remember new faces and places.

What is the role of the Entorhinal cortex?

It provides information to the hippocampus. The cells found in this area are called grid cells. They resemble hexagonal tiling on the floor. The working of different grid cells leads to generating information about locations.

These grid cells function constantly. These keep moving around abstract doughnut shapes. This stays the same every time.