Category: Spatial Cognition

How olfactory landmarks and path integration converge to form a cognitive spatial map?

Walter M Fischler, Narendra Joshi, Virginia Devi-Chou, Lacey Kitch, Mark Schnitzer, Larry F Abbott, Richard Axel. Olfactory Landmarks and Path Integration Converge to Form a Cognitive Spatial Map. bioRxiv 752360; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/752360

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The convergence of internal path

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How does place cell network pattern develop with experience?

Soyoun KimDajung JungSebastien Royer. Place cell map genesis via competitive learning and conjunctive coding in the dentate gyrus

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Place cells exhibit spatially selective firing fields and collectively map the

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How the entorhinal cortex supports landmark-based navigation and path integration

Chen, Xiaoli, Paula Vieweg, and Thomas Wolbers. “Computing distance information from landmarks and self-motion cues-Differential contributions of anterior-lateral vs. posterior-medial entorhinal cortex in humans.” NeuroImage (2019): 116074.

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Landmarks and path integration cues are two important sources

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How the brain encode and retrieve information about where, what, when?

Jørgen Sugar and May‐Britt Moser. Episodic memory: Neuronal codes for what, where, and when. Hippocampus. 2019; 1– 16. https://doi.org/10.1002/hipo.23132

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“Episodic memory is defined as the ability to recall events in a spatiotemporal context. Formation of such memories is …

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How the brain remembers where you’re heading to?

Kunz, Lukas, Liang Wang, Daniel Lachner-Piza, Hui Zhang, Armin Brandt, Matthias Dümpelmann, Peter C. Reinacher et al. “Hippocampal theta phases organize the reactivation of large-scale electrophysiological representations during goal-directed navigation.” Science Advances 5, no. 7 (2019): eaav8192.

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Humans are

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How hippocampus adds time to episodic memories?

Cox, Brittney M., Conor D. Cox, Benjamin G. Gunn, Aliza A. Le, Victoria C. Inshishian, Christine M. Gall, and Gary Lynch. “Acquisition of temporal order requires an intact CA3 commissural/associational (C/A) feedback system in mice.” Communications Biology 2, no. 1 …

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How the brain controls movement in high dimensional space?

Gallego, Juan A., Matthew G. Perich, Lee E. Miller, and Sara A. Solla. “Neural manifolds for the control of movement.” Neuron 94, no. 5 (2017): 978-984.

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The analysis of neural dynamics in several brain cortices has consistently …

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