title: The Hippocampus as a Cognitive Map … of Social Space.
abstract: The traditional view of the hippocampus is that it creates a cognitive map to navigate physical space. Here, in this issue of Neuron, Tavares et al. (2015) show that the human hippocampus maps dimensions of social space, indicating a function in the service of navigating everyday life.
authors.affiliation: Center for Memory and Brain, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA. Electronic address: hbe@bu.edu.
authors.forename: Howard
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Eichenbaum
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012919:Social Behavior; D066107:Social Skills