In the Place Space

摘要

Where did I leave my car? Such questions remind us that spatial memory underlies our ability to move purposefully through the environment. The search for the neural foundations of this ability center on the hippocampus, a brain structure involved in the type of spatial memory that we use to navigate to a location hidden from view, such as a parking space. Two reports in this issue, by Fyhn et al. on page 1258 and by Leutgeb et al. on page 1295, provide fresh insights into how the hippocampus contributes to spatial memory.