Springer Nature's professional academic journal “Nature - Human Behavior” recently published a neuroscience paper arguing that actual body movements and imagined movements in a real environment may be driven by the same neural mechanisms in the brain. This discovery may help people better understand human memory in the real world. The paper explains that the brain forms and recalls spatial memory, which is important for moving in space and imagining future experiences. Previous studies in rodents have shown that brain waves specific to a region of the brain called the hippocampus may help mice navigate in space and remember or imagine movements. However, it is still unclear whether humans have similar mechanisms, particularly when navigating the real world.

Springer Nature's professional academic journal “Nature - Human Behavior” recently published a neuroscience paper arguing that actual body movements and imagined movements in a real environment may be driven by the same neural mechanisms in the brain. This discovery may help people better understand human memory in the real world. The paper explains that the brain forms and recalls spatial memory, which is important for moving in space and imagining future experiences. Previous studies in rodents have shown that brain waves specific to a region of the brain called the hippocampus may help mice navigate in space and remember or imagine movements. However, it is still unclear whether humans have similar mechanisms, particularly when navigating the real world.