Humans and animals use mental representations of the spatial structure of the world to
navigate. The classical view is that these representations take the form of Euclidean …

The'cognitive map'hypothesis proposes that brain builds a unified representation of the
spatial environment to support memory and guide future action. Forty years of …

Neural computations are often compared to instrument-measured distance or duration, and
such relationships are interpreted by a human observer. However, neural circuits do not …

Recent breakthroughs in artificial intelligence (AI) have enabled machines to plan in tasks
previously thought to be uniquely human. Meanwhile, the planning algorithms implemented …

When rats come to a decision point, they sometimes pause and look back and forth as if
deliberating over the choice; at other times, they proceed as if they have already made their …

The hippocampal–entorhinal system encodes a map of space that guides spatial navigation.
Goal-directed behaviour outside of spatial navigation similarly requires a representation of …

The ability to represent the world accurately relies on simultaneous coarse and fine-grained
neural information coding, capturing both gist and detail of an experience. The longitudinal …

Knowing where we are, where we have been, and where we are going is critical to many
behaviors, including navigation and memory. One potential neuronal mechanism underlying …

The last decade has seen dramatic technological and conceptual changes in research on
episodic memory and the brain. New technologies, and increased use of more naturalistic …

Cognitive maps enable efficient inferences from limited experience that can guide novel
decisions. We tested whether the hippocampus (HC), entorhinal cortex (EC), and …