Category: Spatial Cognition

How the primate entorhinal cortex support mental navigation?

Neupane, S., Fiete, I. & Jazayeri, M. Mental navigation in the primate entorhinal cortex. Nature (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07557-z

Abstract
A cognitive map is a suitably structured representation that enables novel computations using previous experience; for example, planning a …

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What’s the mechanism of spatial periodic computation of hippocampus-entorhinal circuit in navigation?

Bo Zhang, Jia Liu. The spatial periodic computation of hippocampus-entorhinal circuit in navigation. bioRxiv 2022.01.29.478346; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.01.29.478346

Summary
“To achieve the computational goal of navigating in both physical and mental spaces, human brain employs a cognitive map constructed by …

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How the hippocampus represents different spaces?

Fenton, A.A. Remapping revisited: how the hippocampus represents different spaces. Nat. Rev. Neurosci. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41583-024-00817-x

Abstract
The representation of distinct spaces by hippocampal place cells has been linked to changes in their place fields (the locations in the …

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How the cortical circuits integrate vestibular and visual cues for navigation, visual processing, and perception?

Sepiedeh Keshavarzi, Mateo Velez-Fort, and Troy W. Margrie. Cortical Integration of Vestibular and Visual Cues for Navigation, Visual Processing, and Perception. Annual Review of Neuroscience, Vol. 46:301-320, July 2023. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-neuro-120722-100503

Abstract
“Despite increasing evidence of its involvement in several …

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How environment geometry influence on subiculum boundary vector cells?

Laurenz Muessig, Fabio Ribeiro Rodrigues, Tale Bjerknes, Ben Towse, Caswell Barry, Neil Burgess, Edvard I. Moser, May-Britt Moser, Francesca Cacucci, Thomas J. Wills. The influence of environment geometry on subiculum boundary vector cells in adulthood and early development. bioRxiv …

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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.

Significance
Birds travel long distances and navigate in

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How are hippocampal cognitive maps used and updated flexibly for inference?

Mona M. Garvert, Tankred Saanum, Eric Schulz, Nicolas W. Schuck, Christian F. Doeller. Hippocampal spatio-temporal cognitive maps adaptively guide reward generalization. bioRxiv 2021.10.22.465012; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.10.22.465012

ABSTRACT
The brain forms cognitive maps of relational knowledge, an organizing principle thought

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