Abstract representations emerge in human hippocampal neurons during inference.
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Nature
ISSN: 1476-4687
Titre abrégé: Nature
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0410462
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
14 Aug 2024
14 Aug 2024
Historique:
received:
30
11
2023
accepted:
09
07
2024
medline:
15
8
2024
pubmed:
15
8
2024
entrez:
14
8
2024
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
Humans have the remarkable cognitive capacity to rapidly adapt to changing environments. Central to this capacity is the ability to form high-level, abstract representations that take advantage of regularities in the world to support generalization
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doi: 10.1038/s41586-024-07799-x
pii: 10.1038/s41586-024-07799-x
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eng
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© 2024. The Author(s).
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