Street View of the Cognitive Map.

O'Donnell, Cian; Sejnowski, Terrence J · Cell · 2016

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

To understand the origins of spatial navigational signals, Acharya et al. record the activity of hippocampal neurons in rats running in open two-dimensional environments in both the real world and in virtual reality. They find that a subset of hippocampal neurons have directional tuning that persists in virtual reality, where vestibular cues are absent.

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