Shirley Mark

Flexible neural representations of abstract structural knowledge in the human Entorhinal Cortex

The paper demonstrates that the human entorhinal cortex represents abstract structural knowledge in non-spatial tasks with hexagonal grid structure, but not in tasks with clustered structure.

Generative replay for compositional visual understanding in the prefrontal-hippocampal circuit

The paper shows that visual understanding involves relational and compositional representations in the prefrontal-hippocampal circuit, with replay sequences forming hypotheses about scene configurations.

The Tolman-Eichenbaum Machine: Unifying space and relational memory through generalisation in the hippocampal formation

The paper introduces the Tolman-Eichenbaum machine, a computational model that unifies spatial and relational memory by explaining hippocampal and entorhinal cell representations through generalisation principles.

Transferring structural knowledge across cognitive maps in humans and models

The paper shows that humans can transfer structural knowledge across tasks by inferring abstract basis sets, improving performance in novel environments.

What is a cognitive map? Organising knowledge for flexible behaviour

The paper reviews evidence and theories suggesting cognitive maps organize knowledge across domains, supporting flexible behavior and abstract learning.