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Nobel Prize for the brain's GPS discovery

• Zikes 12y ago
  One step closer to the day when we can "download" a map of a location and intuitively know where things are. Would this mapping apply to other spatial applications? Does the brain work similarly when interacting with a physical, 3-dimensional puzzle, for instance?
  • rjanoch 12y ago
    There was an article in Science on 3D space related to this. http://www.sciencemag.org/content/340/6130/367 http://www.sciencemag.org/content/340/6130/367 http://knowingneurons.com/2014/05/29/navigating-a-3d-world/ http://knowingneurons.com/2014/05/29/navigating-a-3d-world/
    • Zikes 12y ago
      Neat! I could practically imagine those cells working like a bloom filter for more complex positioning.