ERC Advanced Grant · 2024
Navigation is a key behavior, studied by multiple research fields. In ethology, wild animals are tracked outdoors using GPS tags as they navigate hundreds of meters or kilometers. In neuroscience, experiments are very different: laboratory animals are tracked inside small ~1×1-meter boxes, while recording the activity of navigation-related neurons – such as place cells, grid cells, head-direction cells, and border cells. However, it is unknown whether these spatial neurons, as studied in small laboratory-sized environments over 50 years, are relevant to large-scale navigation in the real world – outdoors. In this proposal we will address this major gap, by conducting the first ever neural…
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