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ArticleNature neuroscience2023

Hippocampal spatio-predictive cognitive maps adaptively guide reward generalization.

Mona M Garvert, Tankred Saanum, Eric Schulz, Nicolas W Schuck, Christian F Doeller

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Article in Nature neuroscience, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07749378 (Investigating the Interplay of Striatal and Hippocampal Processing in Decision-Making Using Transcranial Temporal Interference Stimulation), which is not on this map. Cited by 35 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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NCT07749378 narecruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Investigating the Interplay of Striatal and Hippocampal Processing in Decision-Making Using Transcranial Temporal Interference Stimulation

TypeinterventionalSponsorWuerzburg University HospitalRan2026 to 2027Enrolled36ConditionsYoung Healthy AdultsArmsHippocampal intermittent-theta burst stimulation, Striatal intermittent-theta burst stimulation, High-frequency control stimulation with striatal electrode set-up, High-frequency control stimulation with hippocampal electrode set-up
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Mona M GarvertMax Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany. mona.garvert@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8678-5536
Tankred SaanumMax Planck UCL Centre for Computational Psychiatry and Ageing Research, Berlin, Germany.
Eric SchulzMax Planck UCL Centre for Computational Psychiatry and Ageing Research, Berlin, Germany.
Nicolas W SchuckMax Planck Research Group NeuroCode, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0150-8776
Christian F DoellerMax Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany. doeller@cbs.mpg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4120-4600

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The brain forms cognitive maps of relational knowledge-an organizing principle thought to underlie our ability to generalize and make inferences. However, how can a relevant map be selected in situations where a stimulus is embedded in multiple relational structures? Here, we find that both spatial and predictive cognitive maps influence generalization in a choice task, where spatial location determines reward magnitude. Mirroring behavior, the hippocampus not only builds a map of spatial relationships but also encodes the experienced transition structure. As the task progresses, participants' choices become more influenced by spatial relationships, reflected in a strengthening of the spatial map and a weakening of the predictive map. This change is driven by orbitofrontal cortex, which represents the degree to which an outcome is consistent with the spatial rather than the predictive map and updates hippocampal representations accordingly. Taken together, this demonstrates how hippocampal cognitive maps are used and updated flexibly for inference.

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BrainRewardCognitionGeneralization, PsychologicalHippocampusHumans

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PMID37012381
PMCPMC10076220

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