Hippocampal Replay and Spatial Decision-Making: Evidence From Rodent Electrophysiology

Authors

  • Georges-Marc Ahnen Department of Systems Neuroscience, Wiltz Valley Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Wiltz, Luxembourg Author
  • Helena-Zuzana Andrejko Centre for Neural Circuits, Hont Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Krupina, Slovakia Author
  • Dorthe-K Aggerholm Department of Electrophysiology, Falster Centre for Brain and Behaviour, Nykobing Falster, Denmark Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22677731

Keywords:

Hippocampal Replay and Spatial Decision-Making; Cognitive neuroscience; Neurofeedback; Evidence synthesis; Research methodology

Abstract

There is real interest in hippocampal replay and spatial decision-making right now, and real uncertainty about exactly where it
delivers the most value. We pull together the current evidence for hippocampal replay and spatial decision-making, covering the
methodological, practical, regulatory and cost angles, with an eye on where practice has genuinely settled and where researchers
and reviewers are still largely working it out for themselves. Selective, context-specific pursuit looks better supported by the
evidence gathered here than either broad rollout or blanket avoidance

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2022-07-20