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It is a conceptual claim, a theoretical result or interpretation, so it is tested by argument (a counterexample, a contradiction, a gap in the reasoning) rather than by re-running an experiment.","Its credence, the record's estimate that it holds, is 0.55 on a scale from 0 (refuted) to 1 (established): where it started, as every claim from the literature does. Only independent evidence moves it."],"paper":{"provider":"openalex","work":"W2098807436","title":"Functional correlates of the lateral and medial entorhinal cortex: objects, path integration and local–global reference frames","authors":["James J. Knierim","Joshua P. Neunuebel","Sachin S. Deshmukh"],"authorCount":3,"venue":"Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences","year":2013,"type":"article","citedBy":425,"keywords":["medial entorhinal cortex","path integration","hippocampus","lateral entorhinal cortex","self-motion cues","environmental boundaries"],"topic":{"topic":"Memory and Neural Mechanisms","subfield":"Cognitive Neuroscience","field":"Neuroscience","domain":"Life Sciences"},"readAt":"2026-10-25T15:15:49.695Z"},"explanation":{"headline":"The lateral entorhinal cortex is proposed to process individual items and locations in a local frame of reference, supplying the hippocampus with an experience's content.","did":"The authors reviewed new data on the medial and lateral entorhinal cortex and used them to propose a refined model of what each region contributes to the hippocampus.","gist":"The review proposes that the medial and lateral entorhinal cortex differ by frame of reference and type of input, refining the older 'where' versus 'what' split in how they feed the hippocampus.","meaning":"The claim is the lateral entorhinal cortex half of a proposed model. It says this region handles the particular things in an experience and where they sit relative to their immediate surroundings, using mainly outside sensory input. The paper sets it against the medial entorhinal cortex, which is proposed to give the hippocampus a global spatial framework. If the model holds, it would replace the simple idea that one region carries spatial information and the other non-spatial information.","findings":["The common view that the medial entorhinal cortex supplies 'where' and the lateral supplies 'what' is suggested to need revision.","The medial entorhinal cortex is proposed to do path integration in a global frame of reference, using self-motion cues and input about boundaries and scenes.","The lateral entorhinal cortex is proposed to process items and locations in a local frame of reference, mainly from external sensory input."],"terms":[{"term":"lateral entorhinal cortex (LEC)","means":"A brain region that passes cortical information to the hippocampus, proposed here to carry information about the content of an experience."},{"term":"local frame of reference","means":"A way of describing positions relative to nearby items or features, rather than to the whole environment."},{"term":"hippocampus","means":"A brain structure central to forming memories and representing space, which receives input from the entorhinal cortex."}],"basis":"abstract","abstractFrom":"crossref","model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","writtenAt":"2026-10-25T15:31:28.059Z","version":"context/0.2"},"summary":{"status":"written","at":"2026-10-25T15:31:28.059Z","attempts":1,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","why":null},"note":"Machine-written context to help a reader: it is not evidence, it moves no number, and it may be wrong. 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