Tag: Path Integration

How to implement closed-loop control and recalibration of place cells by optic flow?

Manu S Madhav, Ravikrishnan P Jayakumar, Brian Y Li, Francesco Savelli, James J Knierim, Noah J Cowan. Closed-loop control and recalibration of place cells by optic flow. bioRxiv 2022.06.12.495823; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.06.12.495823

Abstract
“Understanding the interplay between sensory input, endogenous …

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How could path integration vectors be encoded in the brains of bees for navigation?

Rickesh N. Patel, Julian Kempenaers, Stanley Heinze. Vector navigation in walking bumblebees. Current Biology, 2022, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.05.010

Summary
Path integration is a computational strategy that allows an animal to maintain an internal estimate of its position relative to a

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How velocity cues with time-varying reliabilities are integrated into an evolving position estimate over prolonged time periods, and how the brain builds internal models inferring when cues ought to be integrated versus segregated?

Jean-Paul Noel and Dora E. Angelaki. Cognitive, Systems, and Computational Neurosciences of the Self in Motion. Annual Review of Psychology. Vol. 73:103-129 (Volume publication date January 2022).  https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-021021-103038

Abstract
Navigating by path integration requires continuously estimating one’s self-motion.

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How the brain integrate body-based idiothetic and visual allothetic cues in the computation of heading?

Sevan K. Harootonian, Arne D. Ekstrom, Robert C. Wilson. Combination and competition between path integration and landmark navigation in the estimation of heading direction. bioRxiv 2021.06.30.450548; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.06.30.450548

Abstract
Successful navigation requires the ability to compute one’s location

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How does the brain correct cumulative error in the path-integration system plastically and adaptively?

Jayakumar, R.P., Madhav, M.S., Savelli, F. et al. Recalibration of path integration in hippocampal place cells. Nature 566, 533–537 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-0939-3

Abstract
Hippocampal place cells are spatially tuned neurons that serve as elements of a ‘cognitive map’ in

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How does path integration operate at a neural level in humans?

Arnold, Aiden EG, Ford Burles, Signe Bray, Richard M. Levy, and Giuseppe Iaria. “Differential neural network configuration during human path integration.” Frontiers in human neuroscience 8 (2014): 263.

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Path integration is a fundamental skill for navigation

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How does the retrosplenial cortex perform 1D path integration and represent spatial context?

Ju M, Gaussier P. A model of path integration and representation of spatial context in the retrosplenial cortex. Biological Cybernetics. 2020 Apr;114(2):303-313. DOI: 10.1007/s00422-020-00833-x.

Abstract
“Inspired by recent biological experiments, we simulate animals moving in different environments (open space,

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