Place cells & grid cells (3D)

About this app

An animal runs through an arena, every spike of a neuron leaves a dot, and a hexagonal grid grows out of random paths. In a concept space of a bird's neck and leg length the same grid appears — the brain orders concepts like places.

Subject: Perception & Illusion

More from Perception & Illusion

• Adversarial examples
• Viewpoint illusions 3D
• Color constancy
• Mental rotation (Shepard & Metzler)
• Optical illusions

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