[Verse 1]
Garvert and Dolan dropped the knowledge in seventeen
Hippocampus mapping more than spatial scenes
Entorhinal cortex breaking boundaries clean
Abstract relations in the neural machine
Not just where you walk but how concepts connect
Relational structures the brain architects
From objects to ideas the same circuits flex
Cognitive geometry nobody suspects
[Chorus]
Supporting papers build the foundation strong
Medial entorhinal singing nature's song
From space to abstract thought the patterns flow along
Grid cells and place cells keeping time in neural throngs
Supporting papers build the foundation strong
Map makers in your brain been working all along
[Verse 2]
Park and Miller twenty-twenty brought the heat
Cognitive maps extending past the concrete street
Inference and generalization elite
Making new connections when the networks meet
Combining mental maps like puzzle pieces tight
Generalizing knowledge from the stored insight
Abstract cognitive frameworks taking flight
Neural cartographers mapping day and night
[Chorus]
Supporting papers build the foundation strong
Medial entorhinal singing nature's song
From space to abstract thought the patterns flow along
Grid cells and place cells keeping time in neural throngs
Supporting papers build the foundation strong
Map makers in your brain been working all along
[Verse 3]
Schafer Schiller navigating social seas
Hierarchies and friendships mapped with expertise
Same hippocampal circuits handling social keys
Relationships plotted like geographic trees
Status and connection in the neural graph
Social navigation taking the same path
Position in your crew gets the same staff
Brain's using space codes for your social photograph
[Verse 4]
Beyond the physical realm where thoughts take shape
Conceptual dimensions help the mind escape
From concrete to abstract the neural landscape
Grid cell patterns give ideas their escape
Mathematical spaces in biological form
Navigation circuits keeping knowledge warm
Transforming how we think about the norm
Spatial computation weathering every storm
[Bridge]
Whittington and Behrens twenty-twenty-two
Synthesized the framework gave us something new
Tutorial for building maps both false and true
Cognitive cartography in me and you
From Garvert's abstractions to the social crew
All supported by the entorhinal view
[Chorus]
Supporting papers build the foundation strong
Medial entorhinal singing nature's song
From space to abstract thought the patterns flow along
Grid cells and place cells keeping time in neural throngs
Supporting papers build the foundation strong
Map makers in your brain been working all along
[Outro]
Four papers charting neural territory wide
Supporting evidence you cannot hide
Medial entorhinal cortex as your guide
Abstract mapping systems working deep inside