Remembering the pattern: A longitudinal case study on statistical learning in spatial navigation and memory consolidation.

ABSTRACT: Distinct brain systems are thought to support statistical learning over different timescales. Regularities encountered during online perceptual experience can be acquired rapidly by the hippocampus. Further processing during offline consolidation can establish these regularities gradually in cortical regions, including the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC). These mechanisms of statistical learning may be critical during spatial navigation, for which knowledge of the structure of an environment can facilitate future behavior. Rapid acquisition and prolonged retention of regularities have been investigated in isolation, but how they interact in the context of spatial navigation is unknown. We had the rare opportunity to study the brain systems underlying both rapid and gradual timescales of st

SUBMITTER: Graves KN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9578695 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature