Figure 3: SWRs during the Waiting epoch decoded to other Restaurants while SWRs during the Lingering epoch decoded to the current Restaurant.

a/b) Bayesian decoding was used on hippocampal ensembles during SWR events to estimate the rat’s spatial location (see Methods). Decoded SWR events are shown for a) Waiting and b) Lingering SWRs on VEH days in relation to the rat’s current restaurant. Though rats primarily decoded to their current restaurant, non-local spatial decoding (decoding to the Next, Opposite, and Previous restaurants) was greater during the Waiting epoch than the Lingering epoch. Decoded SWR events are shown for c) Waiting and d) Lingering SWRs on CNO days. Though rats primarily decoded to their current restaurant on CNO days, we found a small increase in non-local representations of space on both Waiting and Lingering epochs. Again, Bayesian decoding was used on hippocampal ensembles during SWR events to estimate the rat’s spatial location across the e) amount of time waited for food reward during the Waiting epoch and f) the amount of time waited after receiving food reward during the Lingering epoch. Same analyses as e/f but for CNO g) Waiting and h) Lingering SWRs. i) The Waiting SWR rates measured as a function of time waited showed a linear relationship for the first 6 seconds and plateaued thereafter. j) Lingering SWR rates as a function of time spent lingering showed an immediate peak and sharp drop thereafter. Curr = current restaurant, Next = next restaurant, Opp = opposite restaurant, Prev = previous restaurant