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
Abstract
“Spatial memory plays a crucial role in guiding …
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
Abstract
“Obtaining a geocentric directional reference from a celestial compass requires compensation for the sun’s movement during the day (relative to …
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
Abstract
“Navigating …
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
Abstract
“Grid cells in human entorhinal cortex encode spatial layouts for real-world navigation, yet …
Daniel Shani, Peter Dayan. Composing egocentric and allocentric maps for flexible navigation. bioRxiv 2025.01.24.634748; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.01.24.634748
Abstract
“Egocentric representations of the environment have historically been relegated to being used only for simple forms of spatial behaviour such as …
Khona, M., Chandra, S. & Fiete, I. Global modules robustly emerge from local interactions and smooth gradients. Nature (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08541-3
Abstract
“Modular structure and function are ubiquitous in biology, from the organization of animal brains and bodies to the …
Sun, W., Winnubst, J., Natrajan, M. et al. Learning produces an orthogonalized state machine in the hippocampus. Nature (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08548-w
Abstract
“Cognitive maps confer animals with flexible intelligence by representing spatial, temporal and abstract relationships that can be …
Saikat Ray, Itay Yona, Nadav Elami, Shaked Palgi, Kenneth W. Latimer, Bente Jacobsen, Menno P. Witter, Liora Las, and Nachum Ulanovsky. Hippocampal coding of identity, sex, hierarchy, and affiliation in a social group of wild fruit bats. Science 387,eadk9385(2025). …
Li, Yiding, John J. Briguglio, Sandro Romani, Jeffrey C. Magee, Eddy Kinganda-Lusamaki, Adrienne Amuri-Aziza, Nicolas Fernandez-Nuñez et al. “Mechanisms of memory-supporting neuronal dynamics in hippocampal area CA3.” Cell 187 (2024): 2030-2051.
Summary
“Hippocampal CA3 is central to …
D. E. Dijksterhuis et al. ,Pronouns reactivate conceptual representations in human hippocampal neurons.Science 385,1478-1484(2024).DOI:10.1126/science.adr2813
Abstract
“During discourse comprehension, every new word adds to an evolving representation of meaning that accumulates over consecutive sentences and constrains the next words…
Vilde A. Kveim et al. ,Divergent recruitment of developmentally defined neuronal ensembles supports memory dynamics.Science 385,eadk0997(2024).DOI:10.1126/science.adk0997
Editor’s summary
“Memories are not fixed; they evolve after encoding and their content can be updated upon changes in external or …
Ayako Ouchi, Shigeyoshi Fujisawa ,Predictive grid coding in the medial entorhinal cortex.Science 385,776-784(2024).DOI:10.1126/science.ado4166
Editor’s summary
“Grid cells in the entorhinal cortex create a coordinate system of the environment for spatial navigation. However, it is not clear whether …
Courellis, H.S., Minxha, J., Cardenas, A.R. et al. Abstract representations emerge in human hippocampal neurons during inference. Nature (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07799-x
Abstract
“Humans have the remarkable cognitive capacity to rapidly adapt to changing environments. Central to this capacity …
Alexander Nitsch, Naomi de Haas, Mona M. Garvert, Christian F. Doeller. Integrating episodic and spatial context signals in the hippocampus. bioRxiv 2024.06.24.600445; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.06.24.600445
Abstract
“Episodic and spatial memory are the two key components of the mnemonic system …
Irina Barnaveli, Simone Viganò, Daniel Reznik, Patrick Haggard, Christian F. Doeller. Hippocampal-entorhinal cognitive maps and cortical motor system represent action plans and their outcomes. bioRxiv 2024.07.04.602119; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.07.04.602119
“Efficiently interacting with the environment requires weighing and selecting among …
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