Topic: maze navigation

Retinotopically organized visual area 6 (V6) processes optic flow in animals and humans. We previously demonstrated that V6 is a sensory independent area involved in egocentric navigation. Indeed, V6 of congenitally blind (CB) people encodes auditory input for egocentric navigation similarly to the way V6 of sighted people encodes visual cues. In the current study, rest functional connectivity was used to investigate training induced brain connectivity changes in CB participants. CB participants were scanned during resting state sessions before and after a three-day training period learning to

The ability to sense the Earth’s magnetic field and use it for orientation and navigation is widespread in the animal kingdom. The neuronal mechanisms of this sensory ability are, however, still poorly understood. African mole-rats are subterranean mammals that are suggested to use magnetic cues for orientation in their dark tunnels. We ask which brain regions are involved in the magnetic sense and how magnetic cues are neuronally encoded in this mammalian model. First, we looked for a robust behavioral assay to demonstrate the perception of magnetic fields. We present the results of two appro