How does the monarch butterfly brain encode goal direction?

M. Jerome Beetz, Christian Kraus, Basil el Jundi. Neural representation of goal direction in the monarch butterfly brain. bioRxiv 2022.10.15.512348; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.15.512348

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Neural processing of a navigational goal requires the continuous comparison between the current heading and

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How does the nervous system generate movement?

Henrik Lindén, Peter C. Petersen, Mikkel Vestergaard & Rune W. Berg. Movement is governed by rotational neural dynamics in spinal motor networks. Nature (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05293-w

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Although the generation of movements is a fundamental function of the nervous

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How entorhinal grid-like codes and time-locked network dynamics track others navigating through space?

Isabella C Wagner, Luise Graichen, Boryana Todorova, Andre Luettig, David Omer, Matthias Stangl, Claus Lamm. Entorhinal grid-like codes and time-locked network dynamics track others navigating through space. bioRxiv 2022.10.08.511403; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.08.511403

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“Navigating through crowded, dynamically changing social environments …

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How the human brain mediates second-scale time perception?

Yu, Q., Bi, Z., Jiang, S., Yan, B., Chen, H., Wang, Y., Miao, Y., Li, K., Wei, Z., Xie, Y. and Tan, X., 2022. Visual cortex encodes timing information in humans and mice. Neuron.DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2022.09.008

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Despite the importance

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Whether the compression of time cells obeys the Weber-Fechner Law?

Rui Cao, John H. Bladon, Stephen J. Charczynski, Michael E. Hasselmo, Marc W. Howard. Internally Generated Time in the Rodent Hippocampus is Logarithmically Compressed. bioRxiv 2021.10.25.465750; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.10.25.465750

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“The Weber-Fechner law proposes that our perceived sensory input increases …

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How hippocampal neurons with object-anchored firing fields contribute to homing based on path integration in navigation?

Maryam Najafian Jazi, Adrian Tymorek, Ting Yung Yen, Felix Jose Kavarayil, Moritz Stingl, Sherman Richard Chau, Benay Baskurt, Celia Garcia Vilela, Kevin Allen. Hippocampal firing fields anchored to a moving object predict homing direction during path-integration-based behavior. bioRxiv 2022.09.30.510268; doi: …

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How the brain generalize prior knowledge to solve novel problems by abstracting common structure and mapping it onto new sensorimotor specifics?

Samborska, V., Butler, J.L., Walton, M.E. et al. Complementary task representations in hippocampus and prefrontal cortex for generalizing the structure of problems. Nat Neurosci (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-022-01149-8

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Humans and other animals effortlessly generalize prior knowledge to solve novel

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How the frequency and duration of odor encounters shape the navigational decisions of freely walking Drosophila?

Aarti Sehdev, Viraaj Jayaram, Nirag Kadakia, Ethan Brown, Thierry Emonet. Novelty detection and multiple timescale integration drive Drosophila orientation dynamics in temporally diverse olfactory environments. bioRxiv 2022.09.28.509840; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.09.28.509840

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“To survive, insects must effectively navigate odors plumes to …

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How to build a cognitive map?

Whittington, J.C.R., McCaffary, D., Bakermans, J.J.W. et al. How to build a cognitive map. Nat Neurosci (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-022-01153-y

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“Learning and interpreting the structure of the environment is an innate feature of biological systems, and is integral to guiding …

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How hippocampal cellular diversity relates to the different hippocampal network computations that support memory-guided behavior?

Ryan E Harvey, Heath L Robinson, Can Liu, Azahara Oliva, Antonio Fernandez-Ruiz. Hippocampo-cortical circuits for selective memory encoding, routing, and replay. bioRxiv 2022.09.25.509420; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.09.25.509420

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“Traditionally considered a homogeneous cell type, hippocampal pyramidal cells have been recently shown

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How the brain uses diverse sensory information to generate a stable directional representation of space?

Kadjita Asumbisa, Adrien Peyrache & Stuart Trenholm. Flexible cue anchoring strategies enable stable head direction coding in both sighted and blind animals. Nat Commun 13, 5483 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33204-0

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Vision plays a crucial role in instructing the brain’s

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What’s the neural dynamics for landmark orientation and angular path integration?

Seelig, J., Jayaraman, V. Neural dynamics for landmark orientation and angular path integration. Nature 521, 186–191 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature14446

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Many animals navigate using a combination of visual landmarks and path integration. In mammalian brains, head direction cells

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How the brain combines sensory information and internal models of control dynamics for self-motion perception and navigation?

Akis Stavropoulos, Kaushik J Lakshminarasimhan, Jean Laurens, Xaq Pitkow, Dora E Angelaki (2022) . Influence of sensory modality and control dynamics on human path integration. eLife 11:e63405.

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Path integration is a sensorimotor computation that can be used

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How to learn accurate path integration in ring attractor models of the head direction system?

Pantelis VafidisDavid OwaldTiziano D’AlbisRichard Kempter (2022) Learning accurate path integration in ring attractor models of the head direction system eLife 11:e69841. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.69841

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“Ring attractor models for angular path integration have received strong experimental support. To function as integrators, head

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How specific firing patterns and oscillatory dynamics in the entorhinal cortex and hippocampus can support both navigation and memory?

Buzsáki, G., Moser, E. Memory, navigation and theta rhythm in the hippocampal-entorhinal systemNat Neurosci 16, 130–138 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.3304

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“Theories on the functions of the hippocampal system are based largely on two fundamental discoveries: the amnestic consequences …

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