Highlights•Head Direction Cells form an attractor that stores head orientation and integrates
self-motion.•The neuronal substrate of the Head Direction attractor has been identified in …

Learning to navigate uncharted terrain is a key cognitive ability that emerges as a deeply
embodied process, with eye movements and locomotion proving most useful to sample the …

The consumption of alcohol during gestation is detrimental to the developing central
nervous system. One functional outcome of this exposure is impaired spatial processing …

Deep artificial neural networks (DNNs) trained through backpropagation provide effective
models of the mammalian visual system, accurately capturing the hierarchy of neural …

In early Alzheimer's disease (AD) spatial navigation is impaired; however, the precise cause
of this impairment is unclear. Recent evidence suggests that getting lost is one of the first …

Allocentric space representations demonstrated to be crucial to improve visuo-spatial skills,
pivotal in every-day life activities and for the development and maintenance of other …

Analyzing the effects landmarks have on spatial learning is an active area of research in the
study of human navigation processes and one that is key to understanding the links between …

Head direction (HD) cells, which fire action potentials whenever an animal points its head in
a particular direction, are thought to subserve the animal's sense of spatial orientation. HD …

Humans and other animals have a remarkable capacity to translate their position from one
spatial frame of reference to another. The ability to seamlessly move between top-down and …

Navigation tasks involve the gradual selection and deployment of increasingly effective
searching procedures to reach targets. The brain mechanisms underlying such complex …