It's as if you remember where the flag was by storing the pattern of firing across all of your place cells at that location, and then you can get back to that location by moving around so that you best match the current pattern of firing of your place cells with that stored pattern.
这就好像你是通过存储被某一 特定位置所激发的“定位细胞”产生的信号模式 来记忆小旗的位置的， 接着当你回到那个地点的时候， 通过四处打量， 便可以将你当前脑中“定位细胞”的信号模式 与之前的模式进行匹配。