Human spatial representation: Insights from animals

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 376-382

  Wang, Ranxiao Frances ^a   Spelke, Elizabeth S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

GEOGRAPHIC MAPS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENT; FORAGE; GEOGRAPHY; HONEYBEE; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PATH ANALYSIS; PRIMATE; RECOGNITION; RETINA IMAGE; REVIEW; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; VERTEBRATE; WASP;

EID: 0036742823     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6613(02)01961-7     Document Type: Review

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