Category: Cognitive Navigation

How topographic CA1 input shape subicular spatial coding?

Yanjun Sun, Daniel T. Pederick, Xiangmin Xu, Liqun Luo, Lisa M. Giocomo. Topographic CA1 input shapes subicular spatial coding. bioRxiv 2026.03.24.714092; doi: https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.03.24.714092

Abstract
Topographic organization characterizes hippocampal circuits, yet its functional significance remains unclear. By selectively …

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How cross-scale dynamics are jointly organized in space and time, and how this spatiotemporal organization supports flexible hierarchical processing in the brain?

Harris, B., Gong, P. Nested spatiotemporal theta–gamma waves organize hierarchical processing across the mouse visual cortex. Nat Commun 17, 2629 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-68893-4

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The brain processes visual information across diverse spatial and temporal scales, but the dynamics that

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How does the brain’s “navigation circuit” operate in real-world conditions?

Palgi S., Ray S., Maimon S. R., Waserman Y., Ben-Ari L., Eliav T., Tuval A., Cohen C., Ali A. I., Keyyu J. D., Mouritsen H., Las L. & Ulanovsky N. Head-direction cells as a neural compass in bats navigating outdoors

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How locomotor development shapes hippocampal spatial coding?

Marco P. Abrate, Laurenz Muessig, Francesca Cacucci, Joshua P. Bassett, Hui Min Tan, Thomas J. Wills, Caswell Barry. From movement to cognitive maps: recurrent neural networks reveal how locomotor development shapes hippocampal spatial coding. bioRxiv 2025.12.30.696864; doi: https://doi.org/10.64898/2025.12.30.696864

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How human, animals, robots encode and recall place?

Michael Milford and Tobias Fischer. Going Places: Place Recognition in Artificial and Natural Systems. Annu. Rev. Control Robot. Auton. Syst. 2026. 9:7.1-7.27:1–28. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-control-032724-014418

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Place recognition—the ability to identify previously visited locations—is critical for both biological navigation and

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How the Hippocampal Cognitive Map Supports Flexible Navigation?

O’Keefe J. How the Hippocampal Cognitive Map Supports Flexible Navigation. Annual Review of Neuroscience. 2025 Apr 8;48.

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“During navigation to a goal, a portion of the hippocampal place cells exhibit directional preferences, firing more in some directions than …

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How hippocampal representations drift in stable multisensory environments?

Climer, J.R., Davoudi, H., Oh, J.Y. et al. Hippocampal representations drift in stable multisensory environments. Nature 645, 457–465 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09245-y

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“Experiments that track hippocampal place cells in mice navigating the same real environment have found significant changes in …

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How cooperative actions of interneuron families support the hippocampal spatial code?

Manuel Valero, Pablo Abad-Perez, Andrea Gallardo, Marta Picco, Raquel García-Hernandez, Jorge Brotons, Anel Martínez-Félix, Robert Machold, Bernardo Rudy, György Buzsáki. Cooperative actions of interneuron families support the hippocampal spatial code. Science 389,eadv5638(2025). DOI:10.1126/science.adv5638

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Identifying the computational roles

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How mice navigate scent trails using predictive policies?

Siddharth Jayakumar, Nicola Rigolli, Mackenzie W Mathis, Massimo Vergassola, Alexander Mathis, Venkatesh N Murthy. Mice navigate scent trails using predictive policies. bioRxiv 2025.08.27.672631; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.27.672631

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Animals actively sense their environment to extract features of interest to guide

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What’s the replay and representation dynamics in the hippocampus of freely flying bats?

Angelo Forli, Wudi Fan, Kevin K. Qi & Michael M. Yartsev. Replay and representation dynamics in the hippocampus of freely flying batsNature (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09341-z

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Cognitive functions for navigation and memory rely on emergent properties of

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How the brain coordinates remote vision with the activity of place cells?

Hannah L. Payne & Dmitriy Aronov. Remote activation of place codes by gaze in a highly visual animal. Nature (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09101-z

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Vision enables many animals to perform spatial reasoning from remote locations1. By viewing distant landmarks, …

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How flexible navigation strategies emerge and evolve in freely moving non-human primates?

Nada El Mahmoudi, Francesca Lanzarini, Farzad Ziaie Nezhad, Deepak Surendran, Jean Laurens. From Exploration to Structured Navigation: Learning Dynamics of Freely Moving Marmosets during Foraging. bioRxiv 2025.03.22.644580; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.03.22.644580

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Spatial memory plays a crucial role in guiding

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How insect integrate spatial and temporal information?

Gkanias, E., Webb, B. Spatiotemporal computations in the insect celestial compass. Nat Commun 16, 2832 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-57937-w

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Obtaining a geocentric directional reference from a celestial compass requires compensation for the sun’s movement during the day (relative to …

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How the brain coordinates and integrates allocentric, route-centered, and egocentric spatial reference frames at the network level during navigation?

Yicheng Zheng (征亦诚), Xinyu Zhou (周信羽), Shawn C. Moseley, Sydney M. Ragsdale, Leslie J. Alday, Wei Wu (吴畏) and Aaron A. Wilber. A Hippocampal-parietal Network for Reference Frame Coordination. Journal of Neuroscience, 5 February 2025, e1782242025; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1782-24.2025

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“Navigating …

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How spatial coding support auditory conceptual navigation in the entorhinal-hippocampal system?

Kyle Jasmin, Max Bullock, Frederic Dick, Roger Atkins, Roberto Bottini, Federica Sigismondi, Adam Tierney. Spatial coding supports auditory conceptual navigation. bioRxiv 2025.02.04.636440; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.02.04.636440

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Grid cells in human entorhinal cortex encode spatial layouts for real-world navigation, yet

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