Social observation enhances cross-environment activation of hippocampal place cell patterns

Humans and animals frequently learn through observing or interacting with others. The local enhancement theory proposes that presence of social subjects in an environment facilitates other subjects' understanding of the environment. To explore the neural basis of this theory, we examined hippoc...

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Main Authors: Xiang Mou, Daoyun Ji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2016-10-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/18022