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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Identifying the Algorithms for Calculating Spatial Maps
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SUMMARY:Identifying the Algorithms for Calculating Spatial Maps
DESCRIPTION:<p>	CBS Seminar<br>Lisa Giocomo, Assistant Professor, Stanford University<br><br>Over the last several decades, the tractable response properties of parahippocampal neurons have provided a new access key to understanding the cognitive process of self-localization: the ability to know where you are currently located in space. Defined by functionally discrete response properties, neurons in the medial entorhinal cortex and hippocampus are proposed to provide the basis for an internal neural map of space, which enables animals to perform path-integration based spatial navigation and supports the formation of spatial memories.  My lab focuses on understanding the mechanisms that generate this neural map of space and how this map is used to support behavior.  In this talk, I’ll discuss new data and computational work that reveals the underlying algorithms for how landmark, self-motion and position codes combine to generate neural maps of space capable of supporting accurate navigation and memory.</p>
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DTSTART:20171003T160000Z
DTEND:20171003T160000Z
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