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1. Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms

   Development of the Hippocampal Cognitive Map in Preweanling Rats

   Wills, Cacucci, Burgess and O'Keefe · Science · 2010

   Two studies recorded spatial activity in the hippocampal formation and entorhinal cortex of rat pups as they first explored, finding early forms of place, head direction and grid cells.

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   1. UncheckedSpatial brain-cell activity in rat pups at their first excursions from the nest suggests strong innate components of spatial perception.“A neural representation of external space at this early time points to strong innate components for perception of space.”
   2. UncheckedEarly spatial brain activity in rat pups is presented as experimental support for Kant's idea that space is an inborn faculty of the mind.“These findings provide experimental support for Kant's 200-year-old concept of space as an a priori faculty of the mind.”