How Does the Brain Solve the Computational Problems of Spatial Navigation?

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 …

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How are grid cells organized in the MEC?

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.

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How does environmental geometry influence human spatial cognition?

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, …

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How is the retrosplenial cortex uniquely suited to carry out spatial memory and navigation computations?

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. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/673954

ABSTRACT

The retrosplenial cortex (RSC) is essential for both memory and

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How do our brains extract geometric information from retinal images?

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

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How is information about location, direction, and distance integrated in the grid cell network?

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 …

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Whether entorhinal velocity signals are equally influenced or provide a universal metric for self-motion across environments?

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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