Grid cell sweeps in default mode (IMAGE)

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Grid cell sweeps in default mode

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Grid cell sweeps in default mode. Ten times a second they send probes out into the mentalmap, alternating right and left. The cone stays locked to the animal’s head direction, like theheadlights on a car.

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Illustration from the animated film “The brain’s Searchlight” / Helmet for the Kavli Institute forSystems Neuroscience, NTN

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