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Do artificial intelligence (AI) agents learn to build internal spatial representations (or ‘mental’ maps) of their environment as a natural consequence of learning to navigate?

Erik Wijmans, Manolis Savva, Irfan Essa, Stefan Lee, Ari S. Morcos, Dhruv Batra. Emergence of Maps in the Memories of Blind Navigation Agents. arXiv:2301.13261 [cs.AI], 2023. 

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“Animal navigation research posits that organisms build and maintain internal spatial representations, …

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How entorhinal grid-like codes and time-locked network dynamics track others navigating through space?

Isabella C. Wagner, Luise P. Graichen, Boryana Todorova, Andre Lüttig, David B. Omer, Matthias Stangl & Claus Lamm. Entorhinal grid-like codes and time-locked network dynamics track others navigating through space. Nat Commun 14, 231 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-35819-3

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“Navigating …

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How causal inference is performed in attributing retinal motion to self- and object-motion during closed-loop goal-directed navigation?

Jean-Paul Noel, Johannes Bill, Haoran Ding, John Vastola, Gregory C DeAngelis, Dora Angelaki, Jan Drugowitsch. Causal inference during closed-loop navigation: parsing of self- and object-motion. bioRxiv 2023.01.27.525974; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.27.525974

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“A key computation in building adaptive internal models …

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How the human brain is tuned to veridical head direction signals?

Benjamin J Griffiths, Thomas Schreiner, Julia Schaefer, Christian Vollmar, Elisabeth Kaufmann, Stefanie Quach, Jan Remi, Soheyl Noachtar, Tobias Staudigl. Electrophysiological signatures of veridical head direction in humans. bioRxiv 2023.01.26.525724; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.26.525724

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“Information about heading direction is critical for …

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How navigation and memory processes interact in humans?

Thomas Schreiner, Benjamin J. Griffiths, Merve Kutlu, Christian Vollmar, Elisabeth Kaufmann, Stefanie Quach, Jan Remi, Soheyl Noachtar, Tobias Staudigl. Memory reactivation of real-world spatial orientation revealed by human electrophysiology. bioRxiv 2023.01.27.525854; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.27.525854

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“Spatial navigation and memory …

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What are the brain mechanisms underlying spatial navigation in birds?

Agarwal A, Sarel A, Derdikman D, Ulanovsky N, Gutfreund Y. Spatial coding in the hippocampus and hyperpallium of flying owls. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2023 Jan 31;120(5):e2212418120.

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“Birds travel long distances and navigate in …

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How retrosplenial cortex computes heading direction from landmark information?

Eleonora Lomi, Kate Jeffery, Anna Mitchell. Convergence of direction, location and theta in the rat anteroventral thalamic nucleus. bioRxiv 2023.01.11.523585; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.11.523585

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“Retrosplenial cortex (RSC) is a cortical region that computes heading direction from landmark information, but …

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