Category: Spatial Cognition

How the brain performs spatial coordinate transforms for navigation?

Rolls, ET. Spatial coordinate transforms linking the allocentric hippocampal and egocentric parietal primate brain systems for memory, action in space, and navigation. Hippocampus. 2019; 1– 22. https://doi.org/10.1002/hipo.23171

Abstract
“A theory and model of spatial coordinate transforms in the dorsal …

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How memories are encoded in the brain?

Rodrigo Quian Quiroga. Plugging in to Human Memory: Advantages, Challenges, and Insights from Human Single-Neuron Recordings.Cell. Volume 179, Issue 5, 14 November 2019, Pages 1015-1032.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2019.10.016

We describe single-neuron recordings in the human hippocampal formation, performed in epileptic …

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How the brain represents sequential relationships among discrete nonspatial events?

Babak Shahbaba, Lingge LI, Forest Agostinelli, Mansi Saraf, Gabriel A Elias, Pierre F Baldi, Norbert J Fortin. 
Hippocampal ensembles represent sequential relationships among discrete nonspatial events
bioRxiv 840199; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/840199

Abstract
The hippocampus is critical to the temporal

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How the brain acquire and exploit spatial context?

Eelke Spaak, Floris P. de Lange. Hippocampal and prefrontal theta-band mechanisms underpin implicit spatial context learning. Journal of Neuroscience 7 November 2019, 1660-19; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1660-19.2019

Abstract
Humans can rapidly and seemingly implicitly learn to predict typical locations of

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How humans navigate through their environment based on olfactory cues?

Hamburger, K. and Knauff, M. (2019), Odors Can Serve as Landmarks in Human Wayfinding. Cogn Sci, 43: e12798. doi:10.1111/cogs.12798

Abstract
Scientists have shown that many non‐human animals such as ants, dogs, or rats are very good at using

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How the spatial tuning relates to memory for events involving locations?

Qasim, S.E., Miller, J., Inman, C.S. et al. Memory retrieval modulates spatial tuning of single neurons in the human entorhinal cortex. Nat Neurosci (2019) doi:10.1038/s41593-019-0523-z

Abstract
“The medial temporal lobe is critical for both spatial navigation and memory.

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How the cognitive processes of spatial navigation and memory are linked in the brain?

Ethan A. Solomon, Bradley C. Lega, Michael R. Sperling, Michael J. Kahana. Hippocampal theta codes for distances in semantic and temporal spaces. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Nov 2019, 201906729; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1906729116

Significance
The medial temporal

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