ArticleNature human behaviour2025
Human neural dynamics of real-world and imagined navigation.
Article in Nature human behaviour, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 12 papers.
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12 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Divergent neural representations of space and task between physical and virtual navigation in macaques.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Eye movements reflect memory-related theta activity in the human brain.PLoS biology · 2026Article
- Lost in Space and Thought: Navigating the Cognitive Map in Alzheimer's Disease.Neuroscience bulletin · 2026Review
- Theta-phase locking of single neurons during human spatial memory.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Improved Navigation Performance Through Memory Triggering Maps: AKN - journal of cartography and geographic information · 2024Review
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Abstract
The ability to form episodic memories and later imagine them is integral to the human experience, influencing our recollection of the past and envisioning of the future. While rodent studies suggest the medial temporal lobe, especially the hippocampus, is involved in these functions, its role in human imagination remains uncertain. In human participants, imaginations can be explicitly instructed and reported. Here we investigate hippocampal theta oscillations during real-world and imagined navigation using motion capture and intracranial electroencephalographic recordings from individuals with chronically implanted medial temporal lobe electrodes. Our results revealed intermittent theta dynamics, particularly within the hippocampus, encoding spatial information and partitioning navigational routes into linear segments during real-world navigation. During imagined navigation, theta dynamics exhibited similar patterns despite the absence of external cues. A statistical model successfully reconstructed real-world and imagined positions, providing insights into the neural mechanisms underlying human navigation and imagination, with implications for understanding memory in real-world settings.
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