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June 28, 2026Current Opinion in Behavioral SciencesOpen Access

Mental navigation as a default computational mode in human cognition

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DVDeniz Vatansever

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Overview

Review reveals that mental navigation organizes relational knowledge through the DMN in diverse domains.

Key Points

  • This review explores how mental navigation serves as a key feature of human cognition, linking various knowledge domains.
  • Analyzed existing studies on mental navigation and neural codes in both physical and abstract contexts.
  • Examined the role of the DMN and hippocampal-entorhinal circuitry in these cognitive processes.
  • Outlined three operations of mental navigation: association, abstraction, and anticipation.
  • Demonstrated that DMN activation correlates with navigation in social hierarchies and value-based decisions.
  • Identified that medial temporal lobe involvement extends to abstract spaces, not limited to physical navigation.
  • Proposed a unified framework explaining the diverse functions of the DMN in organizing relational knowledge.

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Deniz Vatansever (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a40bb4561bb0a67205c6d68https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cobeha.2026.101671
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