How do rodents execute efficient multi-step routes to goals in novel environments?
Philip Shamash, Sarah F. Olesen, Panagiota Iordanidou, Dario Campagner, Banerjee Nabhojit, Tiago Branco. Mice learn multi-step routes by memorizing subgoal locations. bioRxiv 2020.08.19.256867; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.19.256867
Abstract
“Animals must rapidly gather spatial information about new environments so that they …
How to translate complex attractor networks into spiking networks for rubust neuromorphic computing?
E. Paxon Frady, Friedrich T. Sommer. Robust computation with rhythmic spike patterns. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Sep 2019, 116 (36) 18050-18059; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1902653116
Significance
“This work makes 2 contributions. First, we present a neural network model …
How does the secondary motor cortex transform spatial information into planned action during navigation?
Jacob M.Olson, Jamie K.Li, Sarah E.Montgomery, Douglas A.Nitz. Secondary Motor Cortex Transforms Spatial Information into Planned Action during Navigation. Current Biology, Volume 30, Issue 10, 18 May 2020, Pages 1845-1854.e4
Summary
“Fluid navigation requires constant updating of planned …
How can 3D head orienting movements be encoded in the primary visual cortex?
Grigori Guitchounts, Javier Masís, Steffen B.E. Wolff, David Cox. Encoding of 3D Head Orienting Movements in the Primary Visual Cortex. Neuron, August 11, 2020, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2020.07.014
Summary
“Animals actively sample the sensory world by generating complex patterns of movement …
How does the brain encode temporal context information about what happened in addition to when it happened?
Ian M. Bright, Miriam L. R. Meister, Nathanael A. Cruzado, Zoran Tiganj, Elizabeth A. Buffalo, Marc W. Howard. A temporal record of the past with a spectrum of time constants in the monkey entorhinal cortex. Proceedings of the National …
How does the neural network link the scene perception and spatial memory systems of the human brain?
Adam Steel, Madeleine M. Billings, Edward H. Silson, Caroline E. Robertson. A network linking perception and memory systems in posterior cerebral cortex. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.25.115147
Abstract
“Here, we report a new network of brain areas bridging the spatial-memory and scene-perception …
How can local sensory signals be transformed into a global, multimodal, abstract representation of space for navigation?
Okubo T., Patella P., D’Alessandro I., and Wilson RI. “A Neural Network for Wind-Guided Compass Navigation.” Neuron, 2020, 107, Pp. 1-17
Summary
“Spatial maps in the brain are most accurate when they are linked to external sensory cues. …
How is vectorial information encoded in spatial cognition?
Bicanski, A., Burgess, N. Neuronal vector coding in spatial cognition. Nat Rev Neurosci (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41583-020-0336-9
Abstract
“Several types of neurons involved in spatial navigation and memory encode the distance and direction (that is, the vector) between an agent …
How can spatial navigation research in neuroscience and AI advance both fields significantly?
Bermudez-Contreras E, Clark BJ and Wilber A (2020) The Neuroscience of Spatial Navigation and the Relationship to Artificial Intelligence. Front. Comput. Neurosci. 14:63. doi: 10.3389/fncom.2020.00063
Abstract
“Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and neuroscience are impressive. In AI, this …
How animals navigate over large-scale environments ?
Lee Harten, Amitay Katz1, Aya Goldshtein, Michal Handel, Yossi Yovel. The ontogeny of a mammalian cognitive map in the real world
SCIENCE 10 JUL 2020 : 194-197
Abstract
“How animals navigate over large-scale environments remains a riddle. Specifically, …
How do spatial view cells work in spatial navigation and memory recall?
Rolls ET, Stringer SM. Spatial view cells in the hippocampus, and their idiothetic update based on place and head direction. Neural Netw. 2005;18(9):1229‐1241. doi:10.1016/j.neunet.2005.08.006
Abstract:
“Single neuron recording studies have demonstrated the existence of spatial view neurons …
How to study long-term memory formation and recall during spatial navigation in rodents?
Morales L, Tomàs DP, Dalmau J, de la Rocha J and Jercog PE (2020) High-Throughput Task to Study Memory Recall During Spatial Navigation in Rodents. Front. Behav. Neurosci. 14:64. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2020.00064
Abstract
“Spatial navigation is one of the most …
How the representation of visual objects is organized in the brain?
Bao, P., She, L., McGill, M. et al. A map of object space in primate inferotemporal cortex. Nature (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2350-5
Abstract
“The inferotemporal (IT) cortex is responsible for object recognition, but it is unclear how the representation of visual …
How does the mouse brain encode 3D compass?
Dora E. Angelaki, Julia Ng, Amada M. Abrego, Henry X. Cham, Eftihia K. Asprodini, J. David Dickman & Jean Laurens . A gravity-based three-dimensional compass in the mouse brain. Nat Commun 11, 1855 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15566-5
Abstract
“Gravity sensing provides …
How can navigation in cluttered environments be supported by utilizing a combination of grid cell-driven vector navigation, place cell-driven topological navigation, and border cell-driven local obstacle avoidance?
Edvardsen, V, Bicanski, A, Burgess, N. Navigating with grid and place cells in cluttered environments. Hippocampus. 2020; 30: 220– 232. https://doi.org/10.1002/hipo.23147
Abstract
“Hippocampal formation contains several classes of neurons thought to be involved in navigational processes, in particular place …
About
Brain Inspired Navigation Blog
New discovery worth spreading on brain-inspired navigation in neurorobotics and neuroscience
Recent Posts
- How to implement planning in the Brain?
- How entorhinal cortex represent task-relevant remote locations independently of CA1?
- What’s the Challenges in Navigation Research?
- How topographic CA1 input shape subicular spatial coding?
- How cross-scale dynamics are jointly organized in space and time, and how this spatiotemporal organization supports flexible hierarchical processing in the brain?
Tags
Categories
- 3D Movement
- 3D Navigation
- 3D Path Integration
- 3D Perception
- 3D SLAM
- 3D Spatial Representation
- AI Navigation
- Bio-Inspired Robotics
- Brain Inspired Localization
- Brain-Inspired Navigation
- Cognitive Map
- Cognitive Navigation
- Episodic Memory
- Excerpt Notes
- Flying Vehicle Navigation
- Goal Representation
- Insect Navigation
- Learning to Navigate
- Memory
- Neural Basis of Navigation
- Path Integration
- Path Planning
- Project
- Research Tips
- Robotic Vision
- Self-Flying Vehicles
- Semantic Memory
- Spatial Cognition
- Spatial Cognitive Computing
- Spatial Coordinate System
- Spatial Learning
- Spatial Memory
- Spatial Resoning
- Time
- Unclassified
- Visual Cortex
- Visual Cue Cells
Links
- Laboratory of Nachum Ulanovsky
- Jeffery Lab
- BatLab
- The NeuroBat Lab
- Taube Lab
- Laurens Group
- Romani Lab
- Moser Group
- O’Keefe Group
- DoellerLab
- MilfordRobotics Group
- The Space and Memory group
- Angelaki Lab
- Spatial Cognition Lab
- McNaughton Lab
- Conradt Group
- The Fiete Lab
- The Cacucci Lab
- The Burak Lab
- Knierim Lab
- Clark Spatial Navigation & Memory Lab
- Computational Memory Lab
- The Dombeck Lab
- Zugaro Lab
- Insect Robotics Group
- The Nagel Lab
- Basu Lab
- Spatial Perception and Memory lab
- The Neuroecology lab
- The Nagel Lab
- Neural Modeling and Interface Lab
- Memory and Navigation Circuits Group
- Neural Circuits and Memory Lab
- The lab of Arseny Finkelstein
- The Epstein Lab
- The Theoretical Neuroscience Lab
- Gu Lab (Spatial Navigation and Memory)
- Fisher Lab (Neural Circuits for Navigation)
- The Alexander Lab (Spatial Cognition and Memory)
- Harvey Lab (Neural Circuits for Navigation)
- Buzsáki Lab
- Brain Computation & Behavior Lab
- ……