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ArticlePloS one2025

Spatial prediction of dynamic interactions in rats.

Tereza Dvorakova, Veronika Lobellova, Paloma Manubens, Abel Sanchez-Jimenez, Jose Antonio Villacorta-Atienza, Ales Stuchlik, David Levcik

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Article in PloS one, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Tereza DvorakovaLaboratory of Neurophysiology of Memory, Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.
Veronika LobellovaLaboratory of Neurophysiology of Memory, Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.
Paloma ManubensDepartment of Biodiversity, Ecology, and Evolution, Unit of Biomathematics, Faculty of Biology, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Abel Sanchez-JimenezDepartment of Biodiversity, Ecology, and Evolution, Unit of Biomathematics, Faculty of Biology, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-7978-3436
Jose Antonio Villacorta-AtienzaDepartment of Biodiversity, Ecology, and Evolution, Unit of Biomathematics, Faculty of Biology, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Ales StuchlikLaboratory of Neurophysiology of Memory, Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.
David LevcikLaboratory of Neurophysiology of Memory, Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-4454-4865

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Animals and humans receive the most critical information from parts of the environment that are immediately inaccessible and highly dynamic. The brain must effectively process potential interactions between elements in such an environment to make appropriate decisions in critical situations. We trained male Long-Evans rats to discriminate static and dynamic spatial stimuli and to generalize novel dynamic spatial stimuli displayed on an inaccessible computer screen. We provide behavioral evidence indicating that rats encode dynamic visuospatial situations by constructing internal static representations that capture meaningful future interactions between objects. These observations support previous findings in humans that such internal static representations can encapsulate relevant spatiotemporal information of dynamic environments. This mechanism would allow animals and humans to process complex time-changing situations neatly.

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Space PerceptionAnimalsBehavior, AnimalMaleRatsRats, Long-Evans

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PMID39999096
PMCPMC11856586

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