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1. Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms

   Modelling effects on grid cells of sensory input during self‐motion

   Raudies, Hinman and Hasselmo · The Journal of Physiology · 2016

   This review describes theories and data on how sensory input, especially vision, may shape the regular firing patterns of grid cells, and how that might support goal-directed navigation.

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   1. UncheckedWall features may influence ventral grid cells with wide firing fields more, while ground-plane features may influence dorsal grid cells with narrow spacing.“Due to anatomical selectivity of retinotopic processing, the sensory features on the walls of an environment may have a stronger effect on ventral grid cells that have wider spaced firing fields, whereas the sensory features on the ground plane may influence the firing of dorsal grid cells with nar…”