Neural sampling from cognitive maps enables goal-directed imagination and planning

Hui Lin, Yukun Yang, Rong Zhao, Giovanni Pezzulo, Wolfgang Maass

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DOI: 10.1038/s42256-026-01254-4
Published: 2026-07-21
Container: Nature Machine Intelligence
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@article{allodium:10.1038/s42256-026-01254-4,
  title = {Neural sampling from cognitive maps enables goal-directed imagination and planning},
  author = {Hui Lin and Yukun Yang and Rong Zhao and Giovanni Pezzulo and Wolfgang Maass},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Nature Machine Intelligence},
  doi = {10.1038/s42256-026-01254-4},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s42256-026-01254-4}
}

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TI  - Neural sampling from cognitive maps enables goal-directed imagination and planning
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AU  - Yukun Yang
AU  - Rong Zhao
AU  - Giovanni Pezzulo
AU  - Wolfgang Maass
PY  - 2026
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DO  - 10.1038/s42256-026-01254-4
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Lin, H., Yang, Y., Zhao, R., Pezzulo, G., & Maass, W. (2026). Neural sampling from cognitive maps enables goal-directed imagination and planning. Nature Machine Intelligence. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42256-026-01254-4

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