Learning by example in the hippocampus

摘要

Learning can be facilitated by previous knowledge when it is organized into relational representations forming schemas. In this issue of Neuron, McKenzie etal. (2014) demonstrate that the hippocampus rapidly forms interrelated, hierarchical memory representations to support schema-based learning. Learning can be facilitated by previous knowledge when it is organized into relational representations forming schemas. In this issue of Neuron, McKenzie etal. (2014) demonstrate that the hippocampus rapidly forms interrelated, hierarchical memory representations to support schema-based learning.