RT Journal Article
T1 Spatial prediction of dynamic interactions in rats
A1 Dvorakova, Tereza
A1 Lobellova, Veronika
A1 Manubens Coda, Paloma
A1 Sánchez Jiménez, Abel
A1 Villacorta Atienza, José Antonio
A1 Stuchlik, Ales
A1 Levcik, David
AB Animals and humans receive the most critical information from parts of the environment that are immediately inaccessible and highly dynamic. The brain must effectively process potential interactions between elements in such an environment to make appropriate decisions in critical situations. We trained male Long-Evans rats to discriminate static and dynamic spatial stimuli and to generalize novel dynamic spatial stimuli displayed on an inaccessible computer screen. We provide behavioral evidence indicating that rats encode dynamic visuospatial situations by constructing internal static representations that capture meaningful future interactions between objects. These observations support previous findings in humans that such internal static representations can encapsulate relevant spatiotemporal information of dynamic environments. This mechanism would allow animals and humans to process complex time-changing situations neatly.
PB Public Library of Science
SN 1932-6203
YR 2025
FD 2025-02-25
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/119316
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/119316
LA eng
NO Dvorakova T, Lobellova V, Manubens P, Sanchez-Jimenez A, Villacorta-Atienza JA, Stuchlik A, et al. (2025) Spatial prediction of dynamic interactions in rats. PLoS ONE 20(2): e0319101. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0319101
NO This research was supported by the project National Institute for Neurology Research (Programme EXCELES, ID Project No. LX22NPO5107)—Funded by the European Union–Next Generation EU, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic (MSMT) programme OP VVV project FGÚ MSCA Mobilita IV CZ.02.2.69/0.0/0.0/20_079/0017164, awarded to D.L., and Czech Science Foundation grant GACR 21-16667K, awarded to A.S. The authors from Spain were supported by the Ministry of Science and Innovation (Spain), Grant PID2022-138659NB-I00, awarded to J.A.V-A.
NO National Research Institute for Neurology and Psychology
NO European Commission
NO Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic
NO Czech Science Foundation
NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 18 dic 2025