Brain Builds and Uses Maps of Social Networks, Physical Space, in the Same Way

Andy Fell — July 22, 2020 - 10:06am

Even in these social-distanced days, we keep in our heads a map of our relationships with other people: family, friends, co-workers and how they relate to each other. New research from the Center for Mind and Brain at the ��Ƶ, Davis, shows that we put together this social map in much the same way that we assemble a map of physical places and things.

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Brain Builds and Uses Maps of Social Networks, Physical Space, in the Same Way