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  Deforming the metric of cognitive maps distorts memory

Bellmund, J. L. S., de Cothi, W., Ruiter, T. A., Nau, M., Barry, C., & Doeller, C. F. (2020). Deforming the metric of cognitive maps distorts memory. Nature Human Behaviour, 4(2), 177-188. doi:10.1038/s41562-019-0767-3.

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Bellmund, Jacob L. S.1, 2, 3, Author           
de Cothi, William4, 5, Author
Ruiter, Tom A.2, 6, Author
Nau, Matthias1, 2, Author           
Barry, Caswell5, Author
Doeller, Christian F.1, 2, Author           
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1Department Psychology (Doeller), MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Max Planck Society, ou_2591710              
2Egil and Pauline Braathen and Fred Kavli Centre for Cortical Microcircuits, Kavli Institute, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, ou_persistent22              
3Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands, ou_persistent22              
4Institute of Behavioural Neuroscience, University College London, United Kingdom, ou_persistent22              
5Research Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, United Kingdom, ou_persistent22              
6Amsterdam Brain and Cognition (ABC), University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, ou_persistent22              

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Free keywords: Adult; Female; Grid Cells; Humans; Male; Space Perception; Spatial Behavior; Spatial Memory; Virtual Reality; Young Adult
 Abstract: Environmental boundaries anchor cognitive maps that support memory. However, trapezoidal boundary geometry distorts the regular firing patterns of entorhinal grid cells, proposedly providing a metric for cognitive maps. Here we test the impact of trapezoidal boundary geometry on human spatial memory using immersive virtual reality. Consistent with reduced regularity of grid patterns in rodents and a grid-cell model based on the eigenvectors of the successor representation, human positional memory was degraded in a trapezoid environment compared with a square environment—an effect that was particularly pronounced in the narrow part of the trapezoid. Congruent with changes in the spatial frequency of eigenvector grid patterns, distance estimates between remembered positions were persistently biased, revealing distorted memory maps that explained behaviour better than the objective maps. Our findings demonstrate that environmental geometry affects human spatial memory in a similar manner to rodent grid-cell activity and, therefore, strengthen the putative link between grid cells and behaviour along with their cognitive functions beyond navigation.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2018-08-062019-10-042019-11-182020-02
 Publication Status: Issued
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 Rev. Type: Peer
 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1038/s41562-019-0767-3
PMID: 31740749
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Funding organization : Max Planck Society
Project name : Cognitive Geometry: Deciphering neural concept spaces and engineering knowledge to empower smart brains in a smart society / GEOCOG
Grant ID : 724836
Funding program : Horizon 2020
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Funding organization : Centre of Excellence scheme of the Research Council of Norway – Centre for Neural Computation
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Funding organization : Egil and Pauline Braathen and Fred Kavli Centre for Cortical Microcircuits
Project name : NORBRAIN
Grant ID : 197467/F50
Funding program : National Infrastructure scheme of the Research Council of Norway
Funding organization : Research Council of Norway
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Grant ID : 452-12-009
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Funding organization : Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)
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Grant ID : 024-001-006
Funding program : NWO-Gravitation
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Grant ID : 212281/Z/18/Z
Funding program : Wellcome Senior Research Fellowship
Funding organization : Wellcome Trust

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Title: Nature Human Behaviour
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Publ. Info: London : Nature Research
Pages: - Volume / Issue: 4 (2) Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 177 - 188 Identifier: ISSN: 2397-3374
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/2397-3374