@Andrewpapale@fediscience.org @elduvelle_neuro@neuromatch.social

Yes, ADR would agree with @elduvelle_neuro@neuromatch.social 's position.

but I note that the paper DOES apply this to object locations, which is new.

The issue is that science is not an Age of Empires game. These major labs (particularly once you get a Nobel or get named to the National Academy or whatever) should be post-ambitious. They have already won the ambition game. This means that they have the freedom to take risks and just go play.

Give them credit though. They cite both the 2001 Redish et al. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11222672/ and the 2010 Dombeck/Tank https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20890294/papers. And, as I noted, they do look at CA1 representations of objects, which none of the previous work has done.

Generally, I think this paper is a good contribution to the literature.