Learning and processing of navigational cues in the desert ant
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DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2018.10.005
Abstract: The desert ant Cataglyphis inhabits the arid environment of North Africa where it forages individually for dead arthropods. Because of the ants' high motivation to find the nest entrance and due to the almost lab-like… read more here.
Keywords: navigational cues; desert ant; learning processing; processing navigational ... See more keywords
Retrosplenial Cortical Neurons Encode Navigational Cues, Trajectories and Reward Locations During Goal Directed Navigation
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DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhw192
Abstract: The retrosplenial cortex (RSC) plays an important role in memory and spatial navigation. It shares functional similarities with the hippocampus, including the presence of place fields and lesion-induced impairments in spatial navigation, and the RSC… read more here.
Keywords: goal; navigational cues; directed navigation; rsc neurons ... See more keywords