Gaze-informed, task-situated representation of space in primate hippocampus during virtual navigation.

To elucidate how gaze informs the construction of mental space during wayfinding in visual species like primates, we jointly examined navigation behavior, visual exploration, and hippocampal activity as macaque monkeys searched a virtual reality maze for a reward. Cells sensitive to place also respo...

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Main Authors: Sylvia Wirth, Pierre Baraduc, Aurélie Planté, Serge Pinède, Jean-René Duhamel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-02-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2001045