Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I: Hippocampus and Imagination
6. 1. Hippocampus: From Memory to Imagination 9
7. 2. False Memory 16
8. 3. Place Cells and Hippocampal Replay 23
9. Part II: The Neural Symphony of Imagination
10. 4. Neural Circuits of the Hippocampus 37
11. 5. Value-Based Decision-Making 45
12. 6. Remembering Rewarding Futures 56
13. 7. The Evolution of Imagination 63
14. Part III: The Neural Foundation of Abstraction
15. 8. Abstract Thinking and Neocortex 75
16. 9. Prefrontal Cortex 87
17. 10. The Human Revolution and Associated Brain Changes 96
18. 11. Deep Neural Network 107
19. Part IV: Beyond Imagination and Abstraction
20. 12. Sharing Ideas and Knowledge Through Language 119
21. 13. On Creativity 138
22. 14. The Future of Innovation 147
23. Epilogue 163
24. Appendix 1: Dentate Gyrus 167
25. Appendix 2: Value-coding Neurons 171
26. Notes 175
27. Bibliography 197
28. Index 217