Locomotion optimizes sensory representations through a computational principle shared by rodents and primates
Jonathan M. Gant, Wiktor F. Młynarski · 2026
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Jonathan Gant and Wiktor Młynarski argue that moving about tunes the senses to keep their code efficient, in a study from 2026. Movement reshapes sensory activity in many ways, strongly in rodents and less so in primates. That spread raised the question of whether one rule lies under all of it.
The pair propose that sensory systems adjust to the new stimulus patterns that motion itself creates. Model neurons tuned to stimuli recorded during real movement in natural scenes matched a broad range of lab findings. The same rule fit both rodent and primate data. Their claim is that holding coding efficiency steady across states of behavior ties the apart effects together.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jonathan M. Gant, Wiktor F. Młynarski |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 79 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |