Building a cognitive map through self-motion

Bharath Krishnan; Noah Cowan

doi:10.7554/eLife.104500

Building a cognitive map through self-motion

Elife. 2024 Nov 25:13:e104500. doi: 10.7554/eLife.104500.

Authors

Bharath Krishnan^{1

2

3}, Noah Cowan^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States.
² Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States.
³ Kavli Neuroscience Discovery Institute (NDI), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States.

Abstract

Mice can generate a cognitive map of an environment based on self-motion signals when there is a fixed association between their starting point and the location of their goal.

Keywords: cognitive map; mouse; navigation; neuroscience; open maze; shortcut; spatial learning; trajectory analysis.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Animals
Cognition* / physiology
Mice