ArticlePLoS computational biology2023
Emergent spatial goals in an integrative model of the insect central complex.
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- A Vector-Based Computational Model of Multimodal Insect Learning Walks.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Neural dynamics for working memory and evidence integration during olfactory navigation inbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Ant visual route navigation: How the fine details of behaviour promote successful route performance and convergence.PLoS computational biology · 2025Article
- Path integration and optic flow in flying insects: a review of current evidence.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2025Review
- Interpreting insect behavior through the lens of executive functions.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2025Article
- Neural circuits for goal-directed navigation across species.Trends in neurosciences · 2024Review
- Reinforcement learning as a robotics-inspired framework for insect navigation: from spatial representations to neural implementation.Frontiers in computational neuroscience · 2024Article
- Investigating visual navigation using spiking neural network models of the insect mushroom bodies.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Article
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Abstract
The insect central complex appears to encode and process spatial information through vector manipulation. Here, we draw on recent insights into circuit structure to fuse previous models of sensory-guided navigation, path integration and vector memory. Specifically, we propose that the allocentric encoding of location provided by path integration creates a spatially stable anchor for converging sensory signals that is relevant in multiple behavioural contexts. The allocentric reference frame given by path integration transforms a goal direction into a goal location and we demonstrate through modelling that it can enhance approach of a sensory target in noisy, cluttered environments or with temporally sparse stimuli. We further show the same circuit can improve performance in the more complex navigational task of route following. The model suggests specific functional roles for circuit elements of the central complex that helps explain their high preservation across insect species.
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