Grid cells: Reading the neural code for space Date: December 18, 2015 Source: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Summary: The cognitive map for spatial navigation is thought to rely on grid ...

The new findings also suggest that grid patterns may be more prevalent in humans. Human grid cells were found in the entorhinal cortex – same as the rats – but also in the cingulate cortex.

Neuronal grid cells play a crucial role in mammalian spatial navigation. As the animal moves through its environment, distinct sets of these cells are sequentially activated.

Rather than simply tracking an animal’s real-time location, grid cells coordinate to perform rapid, rhythmic sweeps into the space ahead of the animal.

Most real-world datasets are continuous, and therefore more accurately displayed in a grid cell-based GIS than as points, lines, or polygons. By Art Kalinski, GISP. Back in the mid-1980s, when I ...

Grid cells and place cells are specialized neurons that allow the brain to create a map of the outside world in which one navigates (Nobel Prize 2014). This brain GPS system is built on grid cells ...

To understand how grid cells work, imagine the carpet in front of you has a grid pattern of interlocking triangles. One grid cell will fire whenever you reach the corner of any triangle in that grid.

Scientists have long believed that grid cells acted like a GPS pin, faithfully marking a location at any time. But the Kavli Institute researchers found a much more dynamic process at play: Grid ...