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No Need for a Cognitive Map: Decentralized Memory for Insect Navigation

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The network controlling path integration and landmark navigation.

Eight motivation units (red), a bank of memory elements shown in blue, (Mem A, Mem B) and seven further elements (two food landmark elements, fLMA, fLMB, one home landmark element, hLM, and four combined route landmark elements, rLMAout, rLMBout, rLMAin, rLMBin, lower right). The path integrator is schematically depicted at lower left (Curr. Vect, PI). Box rand.gen. and the motivation units ACS on, off control “area-concentrated search” walks. For further details see text.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002009.g001