Geometry as a Guide: Enclosure Effects on Spatial Mapping (Commentary on Xu et al. 2024)

IF 2.7 4区医学 Q3 NEUROSCIENCES

European Journal of Neuroscience Pub Date : 2025-03-07 DOI:10.1111/ejn.70059

Luca Sarramone, Jose A. Fernandez-Leon

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Abstract

A recent paper by Xu et al. proposes that cognitive maps in mice emerge during spatial navigation from path integration anchored to a starting position. We challenge this understanding by arguing that enclosure geometry rather than path integration shapes cognitive maps. Our view emphasizes the context-specific formation of cognitive maps, claiming that these maps arise in response to particular task demands rather than existing as fixed, independent entities.

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European Journal of Neuroscience 医学-神经科学

CiteScore

7.10

自引率

5.90%

发文量

305

审稿时长

3.5 months

期刊介绍： EJN is the journal of FENS and supports the international neuroscientific community by publishing original high quality research articles and reviews in all fields of neuroscience. In addition, to engage with issues that are of interest to the science community, we also publish Editorials, Meetings Reports and Neuro-Opinions on topics that are of current interest in the fields of neuroscience research and training in science. We have recently established a series of ‘Profiles of Women in Neuroscience’. Our goal is to provide a vehicle for publications that further the understanding of the structure and function of the nervous system in both health and disease and to provide a vehicle to engage the neuroscience community. As the official journal of FENS, profits from the journal are re-invested in the neuroscientific community through the activities of FENS.