Charan Ranganath

And the reason is, is that there's a lot of work that's done in rats, which is very good work. They have a rat and they put it in a box and the rat goes, chases cheese in a box, you know, find cells in the hippocampus that fire when a rat is in different places in the box. And so the conventional wisdom is that the hippocampus forms this map of the box and

And the reason is, is that there's a lot of work that's done in rats, which is very good work. They have a rat and they put it in a box and the rat goes, chases cheese in a box, you know, find cells in the hippocampus that fire when a rat is in different places in the box. And so the conventional wisdom is that the hippocampus forms this map of the box and

And I think that probably may happen when you have absolutely no knowledge of the world, right? But I think one of the cool things about human memory is we can bring to bear our past experiences to economically learn new ones. And so, for instance, if you learn a map of an Ikea—let's say if I go to the Ikea in Austin, I'm sure there's one here—

And I think that probably may happen when you have absolutely no knowledge of the world, right? But I think one of the cool things about human memory is we can bring to bear our past experiences to economically learn new ones. And so, for instance, if you learn a map of an Ikea—let's say if I go to the Ikea in Austin, I'm sure there's one here—

And I think that probably may happen when you have absolutely no knowledge of the world, right? But I think one of the cool things about human memory is we can bring to bear our past experiences to economically learn new ones. And so, for instance, if you learn a map of an Ikea—let's say if I go to the Ikea in Austin, I'm sure there's one here—

I probably could go to this IKEA and find my way to the, you know, where the wine glasses are without having to even think about it because it's got a very similar layout, even though IKEA is a nightmare to get around. Once I learned my local IKEA, I can use that map everywhere. Why form a brand new one for a new place? Yeah.

I probably could go to this IKEA and find my way to the, you know, where the wine glasses are without having to even think about it because it's got a very similar layout, even though IKEA is a nightmare to get around. Once I learned my local IKEA, I can use that map everywhere. Why form a brand new one for a new place? Yeah.

I probably could go to this IKEA and find my way to the, you know, where the wine glasses are without having to even think about it because it's got a very similar layout, even though IKEA is a nightmare to get around. Once I learned my local IKEA, I can use that map everywhere. Why form a brand new one for a new place? Yeah.

And so that kind of ability to reuse information really comes into play when we look at things that are more naturalistic tasks. And another thing that we're really interested in is this idea of what if instead of basically mapping out every coordinate in a space, you form a pretty economical graph that connects basically the major landmarks together and being able to use that as information

And so that kind of ability to reuse information really comes into play when we look at things that are more naturalistic tasks. And another thing that we're really interested in is this idea of what if instead of basically mapping out every coordinate in a space, you form a pretty economical graph that connects basically the major landmarks together and being able to use that as information

And so that kind of ability to reuse information really comes into play when we look at things that are more naturalistic tasks. And another thing that we're really interested in is this idea of what if instead of basically mapping out every coordinate in a space, you form a pretty economical graph that connects basically the major landmarks together and being able to use that as information

you know, emphasizing the things that are most important, the places that you go for food and the places that are landmarks that help you get around and then filling in the blanks for the rest. Because I really believe that cognitive maps or mental maps of the world, just like our memories for events are not photographic.

you know, emphasizing the things that are most important, the places that you go for food and the places that are landmarks that help you get around and then filling in the blanks for the rest. Because I really believe that cognitive maps or mental maps of the world, just like our memories for events are not photographic.

you know, emphasizing the things that are most important, the places that you go for food and the places that are landmarks that help you get around and then filling in the blanks for the rest. Because I really believe that cognitive maps or mental maps of the world, just like our memories for events are not photographic.

I think there's this combination of actual verifiable details and then a lot of inference that you make.

I think there's this combination of actual verifiable details and then a lot of inference that you make.

I think there's this combination of actual verifiable details and then a lot of inference that you make.

There's a lot of variability, I think, and there's a lot of disagreement about how people represent locations. In a world of GPS and physical maps, people can learn it from basically what they call a survey perspective, being able to see everything. And so That's one way in which humans can do it that's a little bit different. There's one way which we can memorize roots.

There's a lot of variability, I think, and there's a lot of disagreement about how people represent locations. In a world of GPS and physical maps, people can learn it from basically what they call a survey perspective, being able to see everything. And so That's one way in which humans can do it that's a little bit different. There's one way which we can memorize roots.

There's a lot of variability, I think, and there's a lot of disagreement about how people represent locations. In a world of GPS and physical maps, people can learn it from basically what they call a survey perspective, being able to see everything. And so That's one way in which humans can do it that's a little bit different. There's one way which we can memorize roots.