AI Model Reveals How Brain Forms Memories and Allows Imagination
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Researchers used AI to model how the hippocampus and neocortex in the brain work together during memory formation, imagination, and planning.
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The AI model learned to represent scenes conceptually over time, mirroring how humans draw on past experiences to make predictions.
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The study reveals how the hippocampus focuses on unique details while the neocortex acquires conceptual knowledge over time.
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This explains how we can "re-experience" past events in our minds and imagine future scenarios.
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The research provides new insight into why memories sometimes contain distortions, with unique details being generalized over time.