Why the brain's grid cell pattern can look like a doughnut (VIDEO)

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Caption

Whenever the rat is actively exploring and navigating the world, its sensory system has to coordinate and align the internal grid cell pattern, the torus map, with the external environment.

Credit

Helmet and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology's Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience

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