Mapping Goals: How the hippocampus shapes temporal memory

Our brain constantly balances goals with varying temporal and spatial dimensions—some requiring immediate attention, others related to the past or future. This talk looks at how the hippocampus, a key structure for episodic memory, organizes information about time and space.

Focusing on the temporal dimension, I will discuss how the hippocampus separates goals based on their distance from the present, with past, present, and future goals activating distinct regions along its longitudinal axis. We will also look at how the hippocampus encodes spatial and temporal dimensions, and whether these two aspects are processed by the same or different mechanisms.

These discoveries shed light on the hippocampus's role in integrating time and space to support memory, navigation, and goal-directed behavior, emphasizing its importance in organizing our life events and behaviors. 

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