title: Does the Hippocampus Map Out the Future?
abstract: Decades of research have established two central roles of the hippocampus--memory consolidation and spatial navigation. Recently, a third function of the hippocampus has been proposed: simulating future events. However, claims that the neural patterns underlying simulation occur without prior experience have come under fire in light of newly published data.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Behavioural Neuroscience, Department of Experimental Psychology, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London, London, UK. Electronic address: d.bendor@ucl.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bendor
authors.affiliation: Institute of Behavioural Neuroscience, Department of Experimental Psychology, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London, London, UK. Electronic address: h.spiers@ucl.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Hugo J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Spiers
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001931:Brain Mapping / Q000639:trends*; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000166:cytology*; D006801:Humans; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*