
Ziying Fu, Jia Tang, Qicai Chen. Neuroscientists are questing to unlock the secrets of three-dimensional navigation in the brains of bats. In Journal of Chinese Science Bulletin, Dec 13, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1360/TB-2019-0404.
Abstract
“Unlocking the secrets of spatial orientation …
YANG Chuang, LIU Jianye, XIONG Zhi, LAI Jizhou, XIONG Jun. Brain-inspired navigation technology integrating perception and action decision: A review and outlook[J]. ACTA AERONAUTICAET ASTRONAUTICA SINICA, 2020, 41(1): 23280-023280.
Abstract
“With the sustained development of brain and neuroscience as …
Ronacher, B. Path integration in a three-dimensional world: the case of desert ants. J Comp Physiol A (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00359-020-01401-1
Abstract
“Desert ants use path integration to return from foraging excursions on a shortcut way to their nests. …
Roddy M. Grieves, Selim Jedidi-Ayoub, Karyna Mishchanchuk, Anyi Liu, Sophie Renaudineau & Kate J. Jeffery. The place-cell representation of volumetric space in rats. Nat Commun 11, 789 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14611-7
Abstract
“Place cells are spatially modulated neurons found in the …
Gray Umbach, Pranish Kantak, Joshua Jacobs, Michael J. Kahana, Brad E. Pfeiffer, Michael Sperling, Bradley Lega. Time cells in the human hippocampus and entorhinal cortex support episodic memory. bioRxiv 2020.02.03.932749; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.02.03.932749
Abstract
“The organization of temporal information …
Edmund T. Rolls, Patrick Mills. The Generation of Time in the Hippocampal Memory System. Cell Reports, Volume 28, Issue 7, 2019, Pages 1649-1658.e6.
In Brief
“Rolls and Mills 2019 describe a theory and model of how time is generated …
Jean Laurens, Dora E. Angelaki. Simple spike dynamics of Purkinje cells in the macaque vestibulo-cerebellum during passive whole-body self-motion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Jan 2020, 201915873; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1915873117
Significance
“This study characterizes the response dynamics …
Nora A. Herweg, Ashwini D. Sharan, Michael R. Sperling, Armin Brandt, Andreas Schulze-Bonhage and Michael J. Kahana. Reactivated spatial context guides episodic recall. Journal of Neuroscience 23 January 2020, 1640-19; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1640-19.2019
Abstract
“The medial temporal lobe (MTL) is …
Hulse, Brad K., and Vivek Jayaraman. “Mechanisms Underlying the Neural Computation of Head Direction.” Annual Review of Neuroscience 43 (2019).
Abstract
“Many animals use an internal sense of direction to guide their movements through the world. …
John B. Issa, Gilad Tocker, Michael E. Hasselmo, James G. Heys, Daniel A. Dombeck. Navigating Through Time: A Spatial Navigation Perspective on How the Brain May Encode Time. Annual Review of Neuroscience 2020 43:1
Abstract
“Interval timing, which …
Nicolai Waniek. Transition Scale-Spaces: A Computational Theory for the Discretized Entorhinal Cortex. Neural Computation 2020 32:2, 330-394
Abstract
“Although hippocampal grid cells are thought to be crucial for spatial navigation, their computational purpose remains disputed. Recently, they were proposed …
James L. McClelland, Bruce L. McNaughton, Andrew K. Lampinen. Integration of New Information in Memory: New Insights from a Complementary Learning Systems Perspective. bioRxiv 2020.01.17.909804; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.01.17.909804
Abstract
“According to complementary learning systems theory, integrating new memories into the …
Tarder-Stoll, Hannah, Manasi Jayakumar, Halle R. Dimsdale-Zucker, Eren Günseli, and Mariam Aly. “Dynamic internal states shape memory retrieval.” Neuropsychologia (2019): 107328.
Highlights
• Retrieval mode is a neurocognitive state that optimizes access to memory.
• We review how …
Leo Kozachkov, Mikael Lundqvist, Jean-Jacques Slotine, Earl K. Miller. Achieving stable dynamics in neural circuits. bioRxiv 2020.01.17.910174; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.01.17.910174
Abstract
“The brain consists of many interconnected networks with time-varying, partially autonomous activity. There are multiple sources of noise and …
MURI Project: Neural-inspired Sparse Sensing and Control for Agile Flight
“Researchers from the University of Washington, Carnegie Mellon University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have been awarded a 2019 multidisciplinary university research initiative (MURI) award from the Air Force …
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