The ancient brain evolved to survive in space; the modern descendant can use these ancient skills to enhance memory, learning, and impact.

Researchers found that mental representations known as cognitive maps, located in the hippocampus and entorhinal cortex, are activated when the brain performs mental simulations of a navigational ...

On November 28, AEI’s Michael Barone joined AEI President Robert Doar for a conversation about Mr. Barone’s new book, Mental Maps of the Founders: How Geographic Imagination Guided America’s ...

Rahul Naskar has years of experience writing news and features related to Android, phones, and apps. Outside the tech world, he follows global events and developments shaping the world of geopolitics.

New updates help users turn documents into structured mind maps faster, share live maps securely, and think visually in ...

Imagine you live in Europe in 1490. The map you see below (Figure 1) is what you think the world looks like; it’s all there is. A few years later, explorers discover a whole new continent, expanding ...

The brains of cetaceans--dolphins and whales--differ from those of other mammals in a number of ways, but one of the most striking differences is the size of the hippocampus. As a general rule, the ...