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3 claims from 2 papers

1. Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms

   Map Making: Constructing, Combining, and Inferring on Abstract Cognitive Maps

   Park, Miller, Nili, Ranganath and Boorman · Neuron · 2020

   People learned two social hierarchies; brain activity in hippocampus, entorhinal cortex and prefrontal regions reflected a combined 2D map and supported new inferences via 'hub' individuals.

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   1. UncheckedBrain activity in memory and value regions tracked the distance between people in a mentally built 2D social map, even though only one dimension mattered for the task.“Although one dimension was behaviorally relevant, multivariate activity patterns in HC, EC, and vmPFC/mOFC were linearly related to the Euclidean distance between people in the mentally reconstructed 2D space.”
   2. UncheckedIn this study, behaviour and brain activity in two regions tracked the straight-line distance to a 'hub' person whose memory was reinstated in the hippocampus.“We found that both behavior and neural activity in EC and vmPFC/mOFC reflected the Euclidean distance to the retrieved hub, which was reinstated in HC.”

2. Computer Science › Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research

   Gray langurs optimizer: a multi-group bio-inspired optimization algorithm

   Barshandeh, Khodadadi, Abdollahzadeh et al. · Artificial Intelligence Review · 2026

   The paper introduces the Gray Langurs Optimizer, a metaheuristic algorithm modelled on gray langur group behaviour, and tests it on benchmark functions and real-world problems against eight other algorithms.

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   1. UncheckedIn the authors' tests, the Gray Langurs Optimizer performed strongly on benchmark test functions and on six real-world applications.“The experimental results demonstrate the high capability of GLO in optimizing the various test functions and real-world applications.”