Gaby Maimon, Ph.D.

Dr. Maimon’s research aims to provide a detailed picture of how brains implement cognitive brain processes, with a particular emphasis on spatial cognition. Specifically, humans and animals have the remarkable capacity to remember spatial locations, time intervals, event probabilities, and other relevant variables. The goal of Dr. Maimon’s research program is to determine how brains form quantitatively precise memories of such variables and how these memories guide behavior. The group's long-term goal is to inform the nature of cognition and abstract thought—from molecules, through their effects on neural circuits, to behavior.