Ralph Simon, Stefan Rupitsch, Markus Baumann, Huan Wu, Herbert Peremans, Jan Steckel. Bioinspired sonar reflectors as guiding beacons for autonomous navigation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Jan 2020, 201909890; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1909890117
Significance
“Artificial landmarks are widely used …
Yoo, S.B.M., Tu, J.C., Piantadosi, S.T. et al. The neural basis of predictive pursuit. Nat Neurosci (2020) doi:10.1038/s41593-019-0561-6
Abstract
“It remains unclear whether and, if so, how nonhuman animals make on-the-fly predictions during pursuit. Here we used …
Sheena A. Josselyn, Susumu Tonegawa. Memory engrams: Recalling the past and imagining the future. Science, 03 Jan 2020:Vol. 367, Issue 6473, eaaw4325. DOI: 10.1126/science.aaw4325
“The ability to form memory is an essential trait that allows learning and the accumulation …
Tsitsiklis, Melina, Jonathan Miller, Salman E. Qasim, Cory S. Inman, Robert E. Gross, Jon R. Willie, Elliot H. Smith et al. “Single-neuron representations of spatial memory targets in humans.” BioRxiv (2019): 523753.
Highlights
• Epilepsy patients performed a …
Harootonian, Sevan, Robert C. Wilson, Lukáš Hejtmánek, Elijah Ziskin, and Arne Ekstrom. “Path integration in large-scale space and with novel geometries: Comparing Vector Addition and Encoding-Error Models.” bioRxiv (2019): 809012.
Abstract
“Path integration is thought to rely …
Zajac, Lauren, Heather Burte, Holly A. Taylor, and Ronald Killiany. “Self‐reported navigation ability is associated with optic flow‐sensitive regions’ functional connectivity patterns during visual path integration.” Brain and behavior 9, no. 4 (2019): e01236.
Abstract
Introduction
“Spatial navigation …
Currier, Timothy A., and Katherine I. Nagel. “Multisensory control of navigation in the fruit fly.” Current Opinion in Neurobiology 64 (2020): 10-16.
“Spatial navigation is influenced by cues from nearly every sensory modality and thus provides an …
Li, Tianyi, Angelo Arleo, and Denis Sheynikhovich. “A model of a panoramic visual representation in the dorsal visual pathway: the case of spatial reorientation and memory-based search.” bioRxiv (2019): 827667.
Abstract
“Primates are primarily visual animals and …
Walker, Edgar Y., R. James Cotton, Wei Ji Ma, and Andreas S. Tolias. “A neural basis of probabilistic computation in visual cortex.” Nature Neuroscience 23, no. 1 (2020): 122-129.
Abstract
“Bayesian models of behavior suggest that organisms …
Gulli, Roberto A., Lyndon R. Duong, Benjamin W. Corrigan, Guillaume Doucet, Sylvain Williams, Stefano Fusi, and Julio C. Martinez-Trujillo. “Context-dependent representations of objects and space in the primate hippocampus during virtual navigation.” Nature Neuroscience 23, no. 1 (2020): …
Dora E Angelaki, Jean Laurens. The head direction cell network: attractor dynamics, integration within the navigation system, and three-dimensional properties. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, Volume 60, 2020, Pages 136-144, ISSN 0959-4388, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2019.12.002.
Highlights
•Head Direction Cells form an attractor …
Vandrey, Brianna, Derek LF Garden, Veronika Ambrozova, Christina McClure, Matthew F. Nolan, and James A. Ainge. “Fan Cells in Layer 2 of the Lateral Entorhinal Cortex Are Critical for Episodic-like Memory.” Current Biology (2019).
Summary
“Episodic memory …
McClain, Kathryn et al “Position–theta-phase model of hippocampal place cell activity applied to quantification of running speed modulation of firing rate.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2019): 201912792. Web. 20 Dec. 2019.
Significance
“The hippocampus is …
Sebastian Schwarz, Leo Clement, Evripides Gkanias, Antoine Wystrach. How do backward walking ants (Cataglyphis velox) cope with navigational uncertainty? bioRxiv 2019.12.16.877704; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2019.12.16.877704
ABSTRACT
“Current opinion in insect navigation assumes that animals need to align with the goal direction to …
Bos, Jeroen J., Martin Vinck, Pietro Marchesi, Amos Keestra, Laura A. van Mourik-Donga, Jadin C. Jackson, Paul FMJ Verschure, and Cyriel MA Pennartz. “Multiplexing of Information about Self and Others in Hippocampal Ensembles.” Cell Reports 29, no. 12 …
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