Fig. 1.

A computational scenario of the formation of the hierarchical cognitive map for object–place associations (Sato and Yamaguchi 2005). Random saccade produces a visual input sequence consisting of the object and scene information respectively in the central and peripheral visual fields. The sequence is translated to theta phase precession at the entorhinal cortex, transmitted to the CA3 and stored into directional connections according to STDP. The difference of temporal evolution between object and scene inputs results in a formation of the hierarchical structure of multiple object–place associations