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

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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

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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

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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

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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 …

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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

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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. …

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