Fig. 1: Spatial firing of LEC neurons in one-dimensional apparatus.

a Schematics of the double rotation task. Three standard (STD) sessions were interleaved with two mismatch (MIS) sessions. In the MIS sessions, local cues on the track were rotated counterclockwise and the global cues along the curtain at the periphery of the room (the black outer ring) were rotated clockwise. The subjects foraged for food scattered at arbitrary locations on the track (~2 rewards/lap) while moving clockwise. b The circular track task. Two sessions recorded in the light condition were separated by a session in the dark. c Linear track. For both the circular track and linear track, the animals shuttled back and forth to retrieve food pellets in the food wells placed at the ends of the journeys. d Spatial firing patterns of three example LEC neurons in the double rotation task. For each cell, the spatial rate map of the session is shown at the top (the number on top indicates the spatial information score) and the lap-wise spatial rate map is shown at the bottom (the number on top shows the peak firing rate of the map). e The session-wise spatial rate maps and lap-wise spatial rate maps of two LEC cells in the circular track task. The rate maps of the two movement directions are separately shown for each cell. f Histograms of the distribution of spatial information scores for all LEC neurons in the three behavioral tasks. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.