A much more minor, but still interesting lesson that formed my political mental map — this, related to RBH’s story. I left home to start my junior year in high school at a publicly-funded ...

Our brains build maps of the environment that help us understand the world around us, allowing us to think, recall, and plan.

The researchers also identified the type of mathematical model that best reproduces this learning process, shedding light on computations the brain might be using to create these mental maps and ...