Hamburger, K. and Knauff, M. (2019), Odors Can Serve as Landmarks in Human Wayfinding. Cogn Sci, 43: e12798. doi:10.1111/cogs.12798
Abstract
“Scientists have shown that many non‐human animals such as ants, dogs, or rats are very good at using …
Qasim, S.E., Miller, J., Inman, C.S. et al. Memory retrieval modulates spatial tuning of single neurons in the human entorhinal cortex. Nat Neurosci (2019) doi:10.1038/s41593-019-0523-z
Abstract
“The medial temporal lobe is critical for both spatial navigation and memory.…
Ethan A. Solomon, Bradley C. Lega, Michael R. Sperling, Michael J. Kahana. Hippocampal theta codes for distances in semantic and temporal spaces. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Nov 2019, 201906729; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1906729116
Significance
“The medial temporal …
Cecilia Karlsson, Jay Willis, Matishalin Patel, Theresa Burt de Perera. Teleost fish can accurately estimate distance travelled. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/834341
Abstract
“Terrestrial animals compute shortcuts through their environment by integrating self-motion vectors containing distance and direction information. The sensory …
Arseny Finkelstein, Hervé Rouault, Sandro Romani, Nachum Ulanovsky. Dynamic control of cortical head-direction signal by angular velocity. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/730374
Abstract
“The sense of direction requires accurate tracking of head direction at different turning-velocities, yet it remains unclear how …
Authors
*G. GINOSAR1, J. ALJADEFF2, Y. BURAK3, H. SOMPOLINSKY3, L. LAS1, N. ULANOVSKY1;
1 Weizmann Inst. of Sci., Rehovot, Israel; 2 Dept. of Bioengineering, Imperial Col. London, London, United Kingdom; 3 The Edmond and Lily Safra Ctr. for Brain Sciences, …
Gil Vantomme, Zita Rovó, Romain Cardis, Elidie Béard, Georgia Katsioudi, Angelo Guadagno, Virginie Perrenoud, Laura MJ Fernandez, Anita Lüthi. A thalamic reticular circuit for head direction cell tuning and spatial navigation. bioRxiv 804575; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/804575
Summary
“To navigate …
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