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How new learning affects a previously acquired spatial memory representation?

Samuel J Levy, Michael E Hasselmo. Hippocampal remapping induced by new behavior is mediated by spatial context. bioRxiv 2023.02.20.529330; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.02.20.529330

Abstract
“The hippocampus plays a central role in episodic memory and spatial navigation. Hippocampal neurons form unique representational

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How collective hippocampal coding properties facilitate the stability or precision of the neural code?

Sheintuch, Liron, Nitzan Geva, Daniel Deitch, Alon Rubin, and Yaniv Ziv. “Organization of hippocampal CA3 into correlated cell assemblies supports a stable spatial code.” Cell Reports 42, no. 2 (2023).

Summary
Hippocampal subfield CA3 is thought to

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How the brain avoid systematic erasing of previously encoded memories?

Irene Navarro-Lobato, Adrian Aleman-Zapata, Anumita Samanta, Milan Bogers, Shekhar Narayanan, Abdelrahman Rayan, Alejandra Alonso, Jacqueline van der Meij, Mehdi Khamassi, Zafar Khan, Lisa Genzel. Learning Fast and Slow: Increased cortical plasticity leads to memory interference and enhanced hippocampal-cortical interactions. …

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How brain encode object-location memories?

Yusuke Teratani-Ota, Brian J. Wiltgen. Encoding object-location memories along the proximodistal axis of CA1. bioRxiv 2022.10.17.512601; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.17.512601

Abstract
The hippocampus is thought to combine “what” and “where” information from the cortex so that objects and events can

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How rat brain transform egocentric views into goal-directed navigation behavior?

LaChance, Patrick A., and Jeffrey S. Taube. “A model for transforming egocentric views into goal‐directed behavior.” Hippocampus (2023).

Abstract

Neurons in the rat postrhinal cortex (POR) respond to the egocentric (observer-centered) bearing and distance of the boundaries,

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How spinal circuits implement the locomotor command?

Hsu, LJ., Bertho, M. & Kiehn, O. Deconstructing the modular organization and real-time dynamics of mammalian spinal locomotor networks. Nat Commun 14, 873 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36587-w

Abstract
“Locomotion empowers animals to move. Locomotor-initiating signals from the brain are funneled through …

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How unique and predictable elements of memories are stored and reconstructed by efficiently combining both hippocampal and neocortical systems?

Eleanor Spens, Neil Burgess. A Generative Model of Memory Construction and Consolidation. bioRxiv 2023.01.19.524711; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.19.524711

Abstract
“Human episodic memories are (re)constructed, combining unique features with schema-based predictions, and share neural substrates with imagination. They also show systematic schema-based …

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How the brain maintain and update the uncertainty about one’s location to navigate efficiently?

Yul HR Kang, Daniel M Wolpert, Máté Lengyel. Spatial uncertainty and environmental geometry in navigation. bioRxiv 2023.01.30.526278; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.30.526278

Abstract
Variations in the geometry of the environment, such as the shape and size of an enclosure, have profound

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Whether, and how, replay supports both future planning and preserving memories of the past?

G. Elliott Wimmer, Yunzhe Liu, Daniel C. McNamee, and Raymond J. Dolan. Distinct replay signatures for prospective decision-making and memory preservation. PNAS, 120 (6) e2205211120, 2023. 

Significance
The sequential neural reactivation of prior experience, known as replay, is

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How episodic memories are stored within brains?

Sachin P Vaidya, Raymond A Chitwood, Jeffrey C Magee. The formation of an expanding memory representation in the hippocampus. bioRxiv 2023.02.01.526663; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.02.01.526663

Abstract
How episodic memories are stored within brains is poorly understood. While certain memory-retaining

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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. 

Abstact
“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

Abstract
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

Abstract
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

Abstract
“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

Abstract
Spatial navigation and memory

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