Using a Mobile Robot to Test a Model of the Rat Hippocampus

Connection Science

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 291-300

  Burgess, Neil ^a   Donnett, James G ^a   O'Keefe, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hippocampal; Navigation; Neural network; Place cell; Robotic

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032283947     PISSN: 09540091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095400998116459     Document Type: Article

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