Andrew S. Alexander, Janet C. Tung, G. William Chapman, Laura E. Shelley, Michael E. Hasselmo, Douglas A. Nitz. Adaptive integration of self-motion and goals in posterior parietal cortex. bioRxiv 2020.12.19.423589; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.12.19.423589
Abstract
“Animals engage in a variety …
Cruzado NA, Tiganj Z, Brincat SL, Miller EK, Howard MW. Conjunctive representation of what and when in monkey hippocampus and lateral prefrontal cortex during an associative memory task. Hippocampus. 2020 Dec;30(12):1332-1346. doi: 10.1002/hipo.23282.
Abstract
“Adaptive memory requires the …
Genzel D, Yartsev MM. The fully automated bat (FAB) flight room: A human-free environment for studying navigation in flying bats and its initial application to the retrosplenial cortex. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 2020 Oct:108970. DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2020.108970.
“Background
Bats can …
Roddy M. Grieves, Selim Jedidi-Ayoub, Karyna Mishchanchuk, Anyi Liu, Sophie Renaudineau, Éléonore Duvelle, Kate J. Jeffery. Grid cell firing fields in a volumetric space. bioRxiv 2020.12.06.413542; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.12.06.413542
Abstract
“We investigated how entorhinal grid cells represent volumetric (three-dimensional) space…
Arnold, Aiden EG, Ford Burles, Signe Bray, Richard M. Levy, and Giuseppe Iaria. “Differential neural network configuration during human path integration.” Frontiers in human neuroscience 8 (2014): 263.
Abstract
“Path integration is a fundamental skill for navigation …
Adam Steel, Madeleine M. Billings, Edward H. Silson, Caroline E. Robertson. A network linking perception and memory systems in posterior cerebral cortex. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.25.115147
Abstract
“Here, we report a new network of brain areas bridging the spatial-memory and scene-perception …
Okubo T., Patella P., D’Alessandro I., and Wilson RI. “A Neural Network for Wind-Guided Compass Navigation.” Neuron, 2020, 107, Pp. 1-17
Summary
“Spatial maps in the brain are most accurate when they are linked to external sensory cues. …
Bermudez-Contreras E, Clark BJ and Wilber A (2020) The Neuroscience of Spatial Navigation and the Relationship to Artificial Intelligence. Front. Comput. Neurosci. 14:63. doi: 10.3389/fncom.2020.00063
Abstract
“Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and neuroscience are impressive. In AI, this …
Lee Harten, Amitay Katz1, Aya Goldshtein, Michal Handel, Yossi Yovel. The ontogeny of a mammalian cognitive map in the real world
SCIENCE 10 JUL 2020 : 194-197
Abstract
“How animals navigate over large-scale environments remains a riddle. Specifically, …
Edvardsen, V, Bicanski, A, Burgess, N. Navigating with grid and place cells in cluttered environments. Hippocampus. 2020; 30: 220– 232. https://doi.org/10.1002/hipo.23147
Abstract
“Hippocampal formation contains several classes of neurons thought to be involved in navigational processes, in particular place …
Robert GK Munn, Lisa M Giocomo. Multiple head direction signals within entorhinal cortex: origin and function. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. Volume 64, 2020, Pages 32-40.
Highlights
• Directional signals in mammals arise from vestibular inputs and ascend to cortex …
Ziying Fu, Jia Tang, Qicai Chen. Neuroscientists are questing to unlock the secrets of three-dimensional navigation in the brains of bats. In Journal of Chinese Science Bulletin, Dec 13, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1360/TB-2019-0404.
Abstract
“Unlocking the secrets of spatial orientation …
Ronacher, B. Path integration in a three-dimensional world: the case of desert ants. J Comp Physiol A (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00359-020-01401-1
Abstract
“Desert ants use path integration to return from foraging excursions on a shortcut way to their nests. …
Jean Laurens, Dora E. Angelaki. Simple spike dynamics of Purkinje cells in the macaque vestibulo-cerebellum during passive whole-body self-motion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Jan 2020, 201915873; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1915873117
Significance
“This study characterizes the response dynamics …
Nora A. Herweg, Ashwini D. Sharan, Michael R. Sperling, Armin Brandt, Andreas Schulze-Bonhage and Michael J. Kahana. Reactivated spatial context guides episodic recall. Journal of Neuroscience 23 January 2020, 1640-19; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1640-19.2019
Abstract
“The medial temporal lobe (MTL) is …
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