[Verse 1]
Learning shapes the neural maze, architecture ain't preset
CAN emerges through the grind, not hardwired from the get
Module Two's debate shifts heavy when development's the key
Same patterns born from practice, not genetics guaranteeing
Grid cells crystallize through training, hexagons bloom late
Spatial maps ain't born complete, they calculate and create
Animals explore environments, networks learn to code
What seemed innate machinery, experience bestowed
[Chorus]
Connections bridge the modules, linking theories tight
Learning builds the structure, makes the pathways bright
CAN and grid cell models, closer than we thought
Fundamental computation, that's what nature wrought
[Verse 2]
Module Five receives the signal, cross-task validation clear
Artificial nets discover grids in domains nowhere near
Navigation, memory formation, visual processing too
Same hexagonal solution emerges right on cue
Different tasks, identical code, suggests something profound
Spatial mapping algorithms, computationally sound
Not just rodents in the lab, but universal law
Entorhinal mathematics, pattern without flaw
[Chorus]
Connections bridge the modules, linking theories tight
Learning builds the structure, makes the pathways bright
CAN and grid cell models, closer than we thought
Fundamental computation, that's what nature wrought
[Bridge]
Developmental timeline rewrites the whole debate
If grids learn their geometry, models integrate
Architecture through experience, mechanism through use
Hardwired versus plastic, boundaries come loose
[Verse 3]
Cognitive map supremacy, Module Five declares
When artificial systems grow those patterns unawares
Doing tasks completely distant from spatial cognition
Still they birth hexagonal, grid-like recognition
This convergence tells a story, deeper than we knew
Entorhinal computation, nature's breakthrough
Not just place and navigation, but a mental tool
Fundamental processing, mathematics' jewel
[Verse 4]
Theta rhythms drive the learning, oscillations guide the way
Neural timing shapes the grid, hour by hour, day by day
Critical periods matter, when the patterns first take hold
Juvenile plasticity, helps the story unfold
[Chorus]
Connections bridge the modules, linking theories tight
Learning builds the structure, makes the pathways bright
CAN and grid cell models, closer than we thought
Fundamental computation, that's what nature wrought
[Outro]
Development and learning, reshaping what we see
Architecture emerges, sets the theories free
Modules interconnected, knowledge unified
Medial entorhinal, mysteries clarified
[Chorus]
Connections bridge the modules, linking theories tight
Learning builds the structure, makes the pathways bright
CAN and grid cell models, closer than we thought
Fundamental computation, that's what nature wrought