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How the Brain Creates a Timeline of the Past

The Quanta Podcast

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The Time Dynamic in Rats

Time is a sequence of events, measure of gradually changing content. Hayashi says our perception of time is often influenced by physical factors. He examined the neural activity in the lateral interrinal cortex of rats as they forged for food and couldn't make heads or tails of what it showed.

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