May 31, 2024
In the brain at rest, study indicates neurons rehearse future experience
Posted by Dan Breeden in categories: futurism, neuroscience
Together with collaborators in Michigan’s Neural Circuits and Memory Lab led by Diba, Rice neuroscientist Caleb Kemere has been studying the process by which specialized neurons produce a representation of the world after a new experience.
Some dreams may, in fact, predict the future: New research has found that during sleep, some neurons not only replay the recent past but also anticipate future experience.