Figure 3. Spatial activity cannot account for time and distance firing fields.
(A–F) Six individual neurons recorded from different recording sessions. For each neuron there are two panels. The left panel is a spatial firing rate map, while the right panel includes two distance (A–D) or time (E–F) tuning curves. Neurons from distance-fixed sessions (A–D) are plotted in terms of distance run, while neurons from time-fixed sessions (E–F) are plotted in terms of elapsed time. The blue curve is the observed (empirical) tuning curve of a single neuron, calculated based on the actual firing of that neuron. The red curve is the model-predicted tuning curve based on the spatial firing rate map given in the left panel of each pair. Shaded region denotes 95% confidence bounds on firing rates calculated using a bootstrap method. A bin size of 1 pixel × 1 pixel with a standard deviation of 3 pixels was used for this analysis.
