Widloski, John, and Ila Fiete. “How does the brain solve the computational problems of spatial navigation?.” In Space, Time and Memory in the Hippocampal Formation, pp. 373-407. Springer, Vienna, 2014.
Abstract
Flexible navigation in the real world involves …
Gu, Yi, Sam Lewallen, Amina A. Kinkhabwala, Cristina Domnisoru, Kijung Yoon, Jeffrey L. Gauthier, Ila R. Fiete, and David W. Tank. “A map-like micro-organization of grid cells in the medial entorhinal cortex.” Cell 175, no. 3 (2018): 736-750.…
Jacob L. S. Bellmund, William de Cothi, Tom A. Ruiter, Matthias Nau, Caswell Barry, Christian F. Doeller. Deforming the metric of cognitive maps distorts memory. bioRxiv 391201; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/391201
Abstract
Environmental boundaries anchor cognitive maps that support memory. However, …
Ellen K.W. Brennan, Shyam Kumar Sudhakar, Izabela Jedrasiak-Cape, Omar J. Ahmed. Uniquely excitable neurons enable precise and persistent information transmission through the retrosplenial cortex. bioRxiv 673954; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/673954
ABSTRACT
The retrosplenial cortex (RSC) is essential for both memory and …
Henriksson, Linda, Marieke Mur, and Nikolaus Kriegeskorte. “Rapid invariant encoding of scene layout in human OPA.” Neuron (2019).
In Brief
Environmental boundaries, such as walls,define the geometry of the local environment. How do our brains extract this information …
Sargolini, Francesca, Marianne Fyhn, Torkel Hafting, Bruce L. McNaughton, Menno P. Witter, May-Britt Moser, and Edvard I. Moser. “Conjunctive representation of position, direction, and velocity in entorhinal cortex.” Science 312, no. 5774 (2006): 758-762.
Abstract
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
Summary
The entorhinal cortex contains neural signals for representing self-location, including grid cells that …
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