Brain Inspired Navigation Blog
Sueoka, Y., Jayakumar, R.P., Madhav, M.S. et al. Allothetic and idiothetic spatial cues control the multiplexed theta phase coding of place cells. Nat Neurosci (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-025-02038-6
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“Theta oscillation is considered a temporal scaffold for hippocampal computations that …
Basnak, M.A., Kutschireiter, A., Okubo, T.S. et al. Multimodal cue integration and learning in a neural representation of head direction. Nat Neurosci 28, 1729–1740 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-024-01823-z
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“Navigation requires us to take account of multiple spatial cues …
Adam D. Hines, Michael Milford, Tobias Fischer. A compact neuromorphic system for ultra–energy-efficient, on-device robot localization. Sci. Robot.10, eads3968(2025).DOI:10.1126/scirobotics.ads3968
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“Neuromorphic computing offers a transformative pathway to overcome the computational and energy challenges faced in deploying robotic localization …
Hannah L. Payne & Dmitriy Aronov. Remote activation of place codes by gaze in a highly visual animal. Nature (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09101-z
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“Vision enables many animals to perform spatial reasoning from remote locations1. By viewing distant landmarks, …
Jakob Voigts, Ingmar Kanitscheider, Nicholas J. Miller, Enrique H. S. Toloza, Jonathan P. Newman, Ila R. Fiete & Mark T. Harnett. Spatial reasoning via recurrent neural dynamics in mouse retrosplenial cortex. Nat Neurosci (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-025-01944-z
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“From visual perception …
Sachin P. Vaidya, Guanchun Li, Raymond A. Chitwood, Yiding Li & Jeffrey C. Magee. Formation of an expanding memory representation in the hippocampus. Nat Neurosci (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-025-01986-3
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“How brain networks connected by labile synapses store new information …
Federico Claudi, Sarthak Chandra, Ila R Fiete. A theory and recipe to construct general and biologically plausible integrating continuous attractor neural networks. bioRxiv 2025.05.07.652608; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.07.652608
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“Across the brain, circuits with continuous attractor dynamics underpin the representation …
Yicheng Zheng (征亦诚), Xinyu Zhou (周信羽), Shawn C. Moseley, Sydney M. Ragsdale, Leslie J. Alday, Wei Wu (吴畏), Aaron A. Wilber. A Hippocampal–Parietal Network for Reference Frame Coordination. Journal of Neuroscience 23 April 2025, 45 (17) e1782242025; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1782-24.2025…
Asumbisa, K., Peyrache, A. & Trenholm, S. Stereo olfaction underlies stable coding of head direction in blind mice. Nat Commun 16, 3545 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-58847-7
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“Stereo olfaction, the difference in odor concentration between the two nostrils, has been …
Nada El Mahmoudi, Francesca Lanzarini, Farzad Ziaie Nezhad, Deepak Surendran, Jean Laurens. From Exploration to Structured Navigation: Learning Dynamics of Freely Moving Marmosets during Foraging. bioRxiv 2025.03.22.644580; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.03.22.644580
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“Spatial memory plays a crucial role in guiding …
Gkanias, E., Webb, B. Spatiotemporal computations in the insect celestial compass. Nat Commun 16, 2832 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-57937-w
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“Obtaining a geocentric directional reference from a celestial compass requires compensation for the sun’s movement during the day (relative to …
Yicheng Zheng (征亦诚), Xinyu Zhou (周信羽), Shawn C. Moseley, Sydney M. Ragsdale, Leslie J. Alday, Wei Wu (吴畏) and Aaron A. Wilber. A Hippocampal-parietal Network for Reference Frame Coordination. Journal of Neuroscience, 5 February 2025, e1782242025; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1782-24.2025
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“Navigating …
Kyle Jasmin, Max Bullock, Frederic Dick, Roger Atkins, Roberto Bottini, Federica Sigismondi, Adam Tierney. Spatial coding supports auditory conceptual navigation. bioRxiv 2025.02.04.636440; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.02.04.636440
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“Grid cells in human entorhinal cortex encode spatial layouts for real-world navigation, yet …
Daniel Shani, Peter Dayan. Composing egocentric and allocentric maps for flexible navigation. bioRxiv 2025.01.24.634748; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.01.24.634748
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“Egocentric representations of the environment have historically been relegated to being used only for simple forms of spatial behaviour such as …
Michael E. Hasselmo, Patrick A. LaChance, Jennifer C. Robinson, Samantha L. Malmberg, Mahir Patel, Elaina Gross, Danielle E. Everett, Shruthi Sankaranarayanan, Jiarui Fang. How does the response of egocentric boundary cells depend upon the coordinate system of environmental features? bioRxiv …
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