Category: Cognitive Map

How cognitive maps are transformed across hippocampal-prefrontal circuits to support abstraction and generalization?

Wenbo Tang, Justin D. Shin, Shantanu P. Jadhav. Geometric transformation of cognitive maps for generalization across hippocampal-prefrontal circuits. Cell Reports 42, 112246, March 28, 2023. 

Summary
The ability to abstract information to guide decisions during navigation across changing

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How the cognitive map is recalled and how the manipulation of distances and directions occurs within the cognitive map?

Teixeira De Almeida, M., Faulmann, I., Seeber, M., Gschwend, K., Maurer, R., & Burra, N. 2023. Electrophysiological correlates of distance and direction processing during cognitive map retrieval: A source analysis. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 17, 42.

The aim

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How the human brain is tuned to veridical head direction signals?

Benjamin J Griffiths, Thomas Schreiner, Julia Schaefer, Christian Vollmar, Elisabeth Kaufmann, Stefanie Quach, Jan Remi, Soheyl Noachtar, Tobias Staudigl. Electrophysiological signatures of veridical head direction in humans. bioRxiv 2023.01.26.525724; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.26.525724

Abstract
“Information about heading direction is critical for …

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How navigation and memory processes interact in humans?

Thomas Schreiner, Benjamin J. Griffiths, Merve Kutlu, Christian Vollmar, Elisabeth Kaufmann, Stefanie Quach, Jan Remi, Soheyl Noachtar, Tobias Staudigl. Memory reactivation of real-world spatial orientation revealed by human electrophysiology. bioRxiv 2023.01.27.525854; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.27.525854

Abstract
Spatial navigation and memory

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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 retrosplenial cortex computes heading direction from landmark information?

Eleonora Lomi, Kate Jeffery, Anna Mitchell. Convergence of direction, location and theta in the rat anteroventral thalamic nucleus. bioRxiv 2023.01.11.523585; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.11.523585

Abstract
Retrosplenial cortex (RSC) is a cortical region that computes heading direction from landmark information, but

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How the hippocampus incorporates new contextual information into a previously formed and stabilized spatial representation?

Jake Ormond, Simon A. Serka, Joshua P. Johansen. Enhanced reactivation of remapping place cells during aversive learning. Journal of Neuroscience 3 January 2023, JN-RM-1450-22; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1450-22.2022

Abstract
Study of the hippocampal place cell system has greatly enhanced our

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