Neuroimaging study reinforces theory of mental ‘foraging,’ inspiring new understanding of schizophrenia

How the mind searches for words and concepts in memory may have its origins in age-old patterns by which human and nonhuman animals search for food and other resources in their physical environment. That is the theory which received fresh support from a neuroimaging study which examined the brain activity of study participants as they searched their long-term memories for words related to various concepts.

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