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Early work on place cells in the hippocampus of rats revealed that specific neurons encode an animal's position in a two-dimensional space.
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From Text to Space: Mapping Abstract Spatial Models in LLMs during a Grid-World Navigation Task
Martorell, N. (2025) · arXiv · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2502.16690
- Authors
- O'Keefe, J.
- Affiliations
- University College London (GB)
- Corresponding author
- O'Keefe, John
- ORCID
- O'Keefe, John
- Venue
- Experimental Neurology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1976-01
- Volume
- 51
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 78-109
- ISSN
- 0014-4886 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2087298647
- Semantic Scholar
- 6aa68970ec381a78a75fc30555884d4e8f1cb672
- Cited by
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- 10
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- FWCI
- 29.36
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Experimental Neurology (publishedVersion)
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- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Automotive Engineering › Spatial Cognition and Navigation
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Developmental Neuroscience › Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
- Keywords
- hippocampal CA1, freely moving rats, single-unit recording, theta activity, spatial navigation, environmental manipulation, light deprivation
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Drinking Behavior, Feeding Behavior, Hippocampus, Humans, Motor Activity, Neurons, Orientation, Smell, Theta Rhythm, Visual Perception, Rats
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