House, Troy M.2023-10-122023-10-122022-01-06Houser TM (2022) Spatialization of Time in the Entorhinal-Hippocampal System. Front. Behav. Neurosci. 15:807197. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2021.807197https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2021.807197https://hdl.handle.net/1794/289778 pagesThe functional role of the entorhinal-hippocampal system has been a long withstanding mystery. One key theory that has become most popular is that the entorhinalhippocampal system represents space to facilitate navigation in one’s surroundings. In this Perspective article, I introduce a novel idea that undermines the inherent uniqueness of spatial information in favor of time driving entorhinal-hippocampal activity. Specifically, by spatializing events that occur in succession (i.e., across time), the entorhinalhippocampal system is critical for all types of cognitive representations. I back up this argument with empirical evidence that hints at a role for the entorhinal-hippocampal system in non-spatial representation, and computational models of the logarithmic compression of time in the brain.enCreative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-USPlace cells and time cellsGrid cellsConcept cellsTemporal contextCognitive maxHippocampusEntohinal contexArticle