Do animals have cognitive maps?

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 219-224

  Bennett, Andrew T D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive map; Representation of space; Route; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; HUMANS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0039043635     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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