
Eduardo Maristany de las Casas, Kris Killmann, Moritz Drüke, Lukas Münster, Christian Ebner,Robert Sachdev, Dieter Jaeger, Matthew E. Larkum. Tuft dendrites in frontal motor cortex enable flexible learning. Science 392, eadx4358(2026). DOI:10.1126/science.adx4358
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“Flexible learning relies on integrating …
Li He, Xiongfei Wang, Jinbo Zhang, Zhibing Xiao, Xiangyu Hu, Philipp Schwartenbeck, Jacob Bakermans, Tim Behrens & Yunzhe Liu. Human hippocampal ripples coordinate planning sequences and compositional representations in neocortex. Nat Neurosci (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-026-02291-3
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“The human …
Marcelo G. Mattar, Nathaniel D. Daw. Planning in the Brain: It’s Not What You Think It Is. Annual Review Neuroscience, 2026, 49. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-neuro-102124-015847
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“The neuroscience of planning has long been analogized to search algorithms in artificial intelligence (AI), …
Emily A. Aery Jones, Isabel I. C. Low, Frances S. Cho & Lisa M. Giocomo. Entorhinal cortex represents task-relevant remote locations independently of CA1. Nat Neurosci (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-026-02232-0
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“Neurons can collectively represent the current sensory experience during exploration …

Nora S. Newcombe, Ken Cheng. Challenges in Navigation Research: Mapping New Directions. Springer, 2026. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-032-20563-6
“This open access book presents a multidisciplinary synthesis of research on animal navigation, integrating perspectives from behavior, neuroscience, and ecology to advance understanding of …
Yanjun Sun, Daniel T. Pederick, Xiangmin Xu, Liqun Luo, Lisa M. Giocomo. Topographic CA1 input shapes subicular spatial coding. bioRxiv 2026.03.24.714092; doi: https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.03.24.714092
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“Topographic organization characterizes hippocampal circuits, yet its functional significance remains unclear. By selectively …
Harris, B., Gong, P. Nested spatiotemporal theta–gamma waves organize hierarchical processing across the mouse visual cortex. Nat Commun 17, 2629 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-68893-4
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“The brain processes visual information across diverse spatial and temporal scales, but the dynamics that …
Palgi S., Ray S., Maimon S. R., Waserman Y., Ben-Ari L., Eliav T., Tuval A., Cohen C., Ali A. I., Keyyu J. D., Mouritsen H., Las L. & Ulanovsky N. Head-direction cells as a neural compass in bats navigating outdoors …
Marco P. Abrate, Laurenz Muessig, Francesca Cacucci, Joshua P. Bassett, Hui Min Tan, Thomas J. Wills, Caswell Barry. From movement to cognitive maps: recurrent neural networks reveal how locomotor development shapes hippocampal spatial coding. bioRxiv 2025.12.30.696864; doi: https://doi.org/10.64898/2025.12.30.696864
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Michael Milford and Tobias Fischer. Going Places: Place Recognition in Artificial and Natural Systems. Annu. Rev. Control Robot. Auton. Syst. 2026. 9:7.1-7.27:1–28. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-control-032724-014418
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“Place recognition—the ability to identify previously visited locations—is critical for both biological navigation and …
Buzsáki, G. Time, space, memory and brain–body rhythms. Nat. Rev. Neurosci. (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41583-025-00987-2
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“Time and space are crucial concepts in neuroscience, because our personal memories are tied to specific events that occur ‘in’ a particular space and …
Alexander Attinger, Antonia Drinnenberg, Can Dong, Charu Ramakrishnan, La’Akea Siverts, Tanya L Daigle, Bosiljka Tasic, Hongkui Zeng, Sean Quirin, Karl Deisseroth, Lisa M Giocomo. Environmental Novelty Modulates Rapid Cortical Plasticity During Navigation.
bioRxiv 2025.10.21.683723; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.10.21.683723
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“In …
O’Keefe J. How the Hippocampal Cognitive Map Supports Flexible Navigation. Annual Review of Neuroscience. 2025 Apr 8;48.
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“During navigation to a goal, a portion of the hippocampal place cells exhibit directional preferences, firing more in some directions than …
Wenbo Tang, Hongyu Chang, Can Liu, Salma Perez-Hernandez, William Y. Zheng, Jaehyo Park, Azahara Oliva, Antonio Fernandez-Ruiz. A hippocampal population code for rapid generalization. bioRxiv 2025.03.15.643456; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.03.15.643456
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“Generalizing from experience and applying prior knowledge to new …
Climer, J.R., Davoudi, H., Oh, J.Y. et al. Hippocampal representations drift in stable multisensory environments. Nature 645, 457–465 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09245-y
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“Experiments that track hippocampal place cells in mice navigating the same real environment have found significant changes in …
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