A goal pointer for a cognitive map in the orbitofrontal cortex
Raunak Basu, Hiroshi T Ito · 2023
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Description
Raunak Basu and Hiroshi Ito review evidence that the brain keeps a pointer aimed at a destination while an animal travels. Their 2023 paper starts from a daily puzzle: before a trip to the store, you hold its location in mind even though every sense reports home. Cells that track your own position are well known, but a goal held apart from them is a separate demand.
The review gathers work showing that neurons in the orbitofrontal cortex do exactly that. They hold the goal's location steady while the animal moves toward it. The authors lay out what any such goal system must compute, then argue this brain region forms a goal map alongside the familiar position map. New questions for navigation research follow.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Raunak Basu, Hiroshi T Ito |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 36 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |