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author Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu>
date Thu, 01 Mar 2012 05:56:52 -0700
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123 ID software to see if I could use it for my purposes. All the source 123 ID software to see if I could use it for my purposes. All the source
124 code was released by ID software into the Public Domain several years 124 code was released by ID software into the Public Domain several years
125 ago, and as a result it has been ported and modified for many 125 ago, and as a result it has been ported and modified for many
126 different reasons. This engine was famous for its advanced use of 126 different reasons. This engine was famous for its advanced use of
127 realistic shading and had decent and fast physics 127 realistic shading and had decent and fast physics
128 simulation. Researchers at Princeton [[http://papers.cnl.salk.edu/PDFs/Intracelllular%20Dynamics%20of%20Virtual%20Place%20Cells%202011-4178.pdf][used this code]] ([[http://brainwindows.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/playing-quake-with-a-real-mouse/][video]]) to study spatial 128 simulation. Researchers at Princeton [[http://papers.cnl.salk.edu/PDFs/Intracelllular%20Dynamics%20of%20Virtual%20Place%20Cells%202011-4178.pdf][used this code]] ([[http://brainwindows.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/playing-quake-with-a-real-mouse/][video]]) to study
129 information encoding in the hippocampal cells of rats. Those 129 spatial information encoding in the hippocampal cells of rats. Those
130 researchers created a special Quake II level that simulated a maze, 130 researchers created a special Quake II level that simulated a maze,
131 and added an interface where a mouse could run around inside a ball in 131 and added an interface where a mouse could run on top of a ball in
132 various directions to move the character in the simulated maze. They 132 various directions to move the character in the simulated maze. They
133 measured hippocampal activity during this exercise to try and tease 133 measured hippocampal activity during this exercise to try and tease
134 out the method in which spatial data was stored in that area of the 134 out the method in which spatial data was stored in that area of the
135 brain. I find this promising because if a real living rat can interact 135 brain. I find this promising because if a real living rat can interact
136 with a computer simulation of a maze in the same way as it interacts 136 with a computer simulation of a maze in the same way as it interacts