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An analysis reveals that fruit-fly neurons orient flies relative to cues in the insects' environment, providing evidence that the fly's brain contains a key component for drawing a cognitive map of the insect's surroundings. See Article p.186

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  1. Thomas R. Clandinin and Lisa M. Giocomo are in the Department of Neurobiology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.,

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Clandinin, T., Giocomo, L. Internal compass puts flies in their place. Nature 521, 165–166 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/521165a

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