Event:

Welcome to the 2nd „NAVIGO“, a symposium on spatial navigation.

„NAVIGO“ took place for the first time in April 2015. It aims to discuss recent research findings on navigation in human and non-human species regarding behavioural aspects, neurophysiology on the cellular level and on the network level.

An interdisciplinary cross-talk between basic research with animal models and applied navigation research in humans is the major aim of „NAVIGO“.


10:00 – 10:15 Welcome and introduction
Prof. Dr. S. Glasauer (Munich, Germany)


10:15 – 10:45 Using virtual reality to study rodent navigation
Dr. K. Thurley, PhD (Munich, Germany)


10:45 – 11:15 The role of theta oscillations for memory and space coding in rodents
Prof. Dr. A. Sirota, PhD (Munich, Germany)


11:15 – 11:45 How does the brain represent space? Insights from direct recordings of human grid cells and theta oscillations
Prof. J. Jacobs, PhD (New York, USA)

11:45 – 12:15 Brain activity patterns during distance and time estimation
Dr. V. Flanagin, PhD (Munich, Germany)

12:15 – 14:00 Lunch break and poster discussions


14:00 – 14:30 Human navigation in real environments – a novel approach with chances and limitations
PD Dr. A. Zwergal (Munich, Germany)

14:30– 15:00 Parietal vs. medial temporal mechanisms of location coding
Dr. T. Wolbers (Magdeburg Germany)


15:00 – 15:30 Navigating human memory: Inspiration and divergence from rodent models
Prof. Dr. A. Ekstrom, PhD (Davis, California, USA)


15:30 – 15:45 Summary and future perspectives
Dr. F. Schöberl (Munich, Germany)