https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/dragoi/news-rss/?orgId=115308&title=Latest+News A selection of the latest research, academic, and other newsworthy developments at Dragoi Lab en-us Copyright 2026 Yale School of Medicine Thu, 14 May 2026 21:32:57 Z https://yalealumnimagazine.org/articles/6150 https://yalealumnimagazine.org/articles/6150 How do we learn? How do we make sense of the changing world? These are the elemental questions that George Dragoi, MD, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry and of neuroscience is trying to answer. Wed, 04 Feb 2026 05:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/dragoi/news-article/brain-navigates-new-spaces-by-flickering-between-reality-and-old-mental-maps/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/dragoi/news-article/brain-navigates-new-spaces-by-flickering-between-reality-and-old-mental-maps/ A new Yale study reveals the brain's internal map doesn't just track one’s current location, it constantly "flickers" between the present space and remembered alternatives. Fri, 03 Oct 2025 12:00:00 Z https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-63346-w https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-63346-w Yuchen Zhou, PhD, and George Dragoi, MD, PhD, are first and senior authors, respectively, of a paper in Nature Communications titled, "Generative Emergence of Non-Local Representations in the Hippocampus." Sat, 06 Sep 2025 04:00:00 Z https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTwA1pqseOE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTwA1pqseOE George Dragoi, MD, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry and of neuroscience, was a guest on the Scientific Sense podcast, where he discussed his research into memory formation and spatial navigation. Thu, 10 Apr 2025 04:00:00 Z https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-52758-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-52758-9 Usman Farooq, PhD, postdoctoral associate, and George Dragoi, MD, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry and of neuroscience, are first and senior authors, respectively, of a new paper in Nature Communications. Mon, 30 Sep 2024 04:00:00 Z https://news.yale.edu/2024/08/14/sleep-it-how-brain-processes-many-experiences-even-when-offline https://news.yale.edu/2024/08/14/sleep-it-how-brain-processes-many-experiences-even-when-offline In a new study, Yale researchers uncover how the brain, during sleep, replays and bundles many of the experiences that occur in our waking hours. Wed, 14 Aug 2024 21:00:00 Z https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-08-sequence-day-exploring-mammalian-brain.html https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-08-sequence-day-exploring-mammalian-brain.html George Dragoi, MD, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry and of neuroscience, is senior author of a paper in Nature Neuroscience that pinpoints some of the processes that allow the brain to process numerous experiences during sleep. Mon, 12 Aug 2024 04:00:00 Z https://news.yale.edu/2024/01/08/re-frame-mind-do-our-brains-have-built-sense-grammar https://news.yale.edu/2024/01/08/re-frame-mind-do-our-brains-have-built-sense-grammar Based on years of research, Yale’s George Dragoi argues that our brains develop a cellular template soon after birth that defines how we perceive the world. Thu, 11 Jan 2024 05:00:00 Z