Spatial cognition in zebrafish: learning flexible world models in a compact biological brain
Abstract: Place cells are the neural substrate of spatial cognitive maps, which dynamically update as an animal discovers relevant information about its environment. A longstanding question in neuroscience is how place cells can efficiently integrate spatial (e.g. position and heading) and temporal (e.g. salient events) information to support flexible navigation. Progress has been slowed by […]
Eye-opening discoveries in fly vision
Vision provides animals with detailed information about their surroundings, conveying diverse features such as color, form, and movement. Computing these parallel spatial features requires a large and diverse network of neurons, such that in animals as distant as flies and humans, visual regions comprise half the brain’s volume. These visual brain regions often reveal remarkable structure-function […]