Using Grid Cells for Navigation
Mammals are able to navigate to hidden goal locations by direct routes that may traverse previously unvisited terrain. Empirical evidence suggests that this “vector navigation” relies on an internal representation of space provided by the hippocampal formation. The periodic spatial firing patterns o...
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Cell Press
2015
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4534384/ |