Cognitive neuroscience: How the brain navigates abstract task spaces

Sina Tafazoli; Adel Ardalan; Timothy J. Buschman

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2024.12.004

Cognitive neuroscience: How the brain navigates abstract task spaces

Sina Tafazoli, Adel Ardalan, Timothy J. Buschman

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Humans and other animals learn the abstract structure of a task and then use this structure to rapidly generalize to new situations. A recent study reveals how the brain builds and uses abstract task representations.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	R60-R62
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	35
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.12.004
State	Published - Jan 20 2025

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General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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