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

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“Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and neuroscience are impressive. In AI, this …

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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

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“How animals navigate over large-scale environments remains a riddle. Specifically, …

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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

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“Single neuron recording studies have demonstrated the existence of spatial view neurons …

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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

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“Spatial navigation is one of the most …

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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

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“The inferotemporal (IT) cortex is responsible for object recognition, but it is unclear how the representation of visual …

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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

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“Gravity sensing provides …

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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

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“Hippocampal formation contains several classes of neurons thought to be involved in navigational processes, in particular place …

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