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Cognitive Neuroscience
Decision-Making ā Neuroscience Perspective
Language ā Broca, Wernicke, and the LLM Era
Consciousness ā Neuroscience's Hardest Question
Attention ā Selectivity + Limits
Emotion ā Amygdala and Emotion Networks
Working Memory
Social Cognition
Metacognition
Executive Function
Memory Systems Taxonomy
Reasoning & Problem Solving
Numerical Cognition
Embodied Cognition
Mental Imagery
Creativity
Cognitive Maps
Time Perception
Self & Sense of Agency
Cognitive Development
Cognitive Aging
Table of Contents
1. Origin ā Tolman (1948)
2. Spatial Cell Family
3. Map Types
4. PyTorch ā Place from Grid Combination
5. Beyond Space ā Conceptual Maps
6. Relation to Memory / Reasoning
7. Clinical
8. Relation to AI
9. Computational View
10. Common Pitfalls
10.1 Cognitive Map = Literal Map
10.2 Only Encodes Physical Space
10.3 Place Cell = GPS Coordinate
10.4 Tolman Refuted by Behaviorism
10.5 Grid = Place
11. Related Concepts
References