Topic: model-based cognition

Humans and animals construct internal models linking actions with their likely outcomes, and use these models to guide behavior. Such model-based cognition is often referred to as planning, and its neural mechanisms remain poorly understood (Miller & Venditto, 2021). The hippocampus, known for its role in spatial learning and memory, is necessary for planning (Miller et al., 2017; Vikbladh et al., 2019). Specifically, hippocampal sequences, which “sweep out” nonlocal trajectories both during active behavior (“theta sequences”) and at rest (“sharp-wave ripple sequences”; SWR), have been pro