Eleanor Maguire

"Our work suggests that the hippocampus is not just a passive recipient of information but actively constructs and updates spatial representations, even in the absence of direct sensory input."

— from Scientific paper/interview, 2000

"The ability to mentally navigate through space, to re-experience past events, and to imagine future scenarios all seem to rely on the same fundamental hippocampal machinery."

— from Scientific paper/interview, 2003

"The hippocampus is not just about memory; it's about imagination, about constructing coherent mental scenes, whether they are real or imagined."

— from Interview, 2007