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Nobel Prize for the brain's GPS discovery (bbc.co.uk)
13 points by simonbrown 4269 days ago
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Zikes 4269 days 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?

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rjanoch 4269 days ago
There was an article in Science on 3D space related to this. http://www.sciencemag.org/content/340/6130/367 http://knowingneurons.com/2014/05/29/navigating-a-3d-world/
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Zikes 4269 days ago
Neat! I could practically imagine those cells working like a bloom filter for more complex positioning.
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