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Auditory landscape on the cognitive map

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Subpopulations of neurons fire at specific geographical locations, providing a mental map of an animal's position in space. The finding that the circuitry can also support auditory maps sheds light on the neuronal structure of cognition. See Letter p.719

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Figure 1: Shared maps of space and sound.

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Rueckemann, J., Buffalo, E. Auditory landscape on the cognitive map. Nature 543, 631–632 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/543631a

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