Speed Cell - wikipedia.org ![rw-book-cover|200x400](https://readwise-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/static/images/article0.00998d930354.png) ## Metadata - Author: **wikipedia.org** - Full Title: Speed Cell - Category: #articles - URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_cells ## Highlights - **Speed cells** are neurons whose firing rates depend on an animal's speed through its environment. Together with [place cells](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Place_cells), [grid cells](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid_cells), [boundary cells](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boundary_cell), and [head direction cells](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_direction_cells), they form a part of a larger set of neurons that are involved in cognitive mapping of the surrounding environment. Speed cells are found in the [entorhinal cortex](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entorhinal_cortex). ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hn8cergsmt1he5waj5ya1xe7))