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Grid cells in …
Robert G K Munn, Caitlin S Mallory, Kiah Hardcastle, Dane M Chetkovich, Lisa M Giocomo. Entorhinal velocity signals reflect environmental geometry. bioRxiv 671222; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/671222
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The entorhinal cortex contains neural signals for representing self-location, including grid cells that …
Patai, E. Zita, Amir-Homayoun Javadi, Jason D. Ozubko, Andrew O’Callaghan, Shuman Ji, Jessica Robin, Cheryl Grady et al. “Hippocampal and Retrosplenial Goal Distance Coding After Long-term Consolidation of a Real-World Environment.” Cerebral Cortex (2019).
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Recent research indicates …
James Negen, Angela Sandri, Sang Ah Lee, Marko Nardini. Boundaries in Spatial Cognition: Looking like a Boundary is More Important than Being a Boundary. June 12, 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/391037
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Large walls and other typical boundaries strongly influence neural activity …
Chen, Guifen, Yi Lu, John A. King, Francesca Cacucci, and Neil Burgess. “Differential influences of environment and self-motion on place and grid cell firing.” Nature communications 10, no. 1 (2019): 630.
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Place and grid cells in the hippocampal formation …
Johnston, W. Jeffrey, Stephanie E. Palmer, and David J. Freedman. “Nonlinear mixed selectivity supports reliable neural computation.” bioRxiv (2019): 577288.
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Neuronal activity in the brain is variable, yet both perception and behavior are generally reliable. How does the brain …
Zirkelbach, Johannes, Martin Stemmler, and Andreas VM Herz. “Anticipatory neural activity improves the decoding accuracy for dynamic head-direction signals.” Journal of Neuroscience (2019): 2605-18.
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Insects and vertebrates harbor specific neurons that encode the animal’s head direction (HD) and provide …
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