Mammalian Navigation, Neural Models and Biorobotics

Connection Science

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 271-289

  Etienne, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Head direction cells; Landmarks; Maps; Navigating robots; Navigation; Neural networks; Path integration; Place cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346072489     PISSN: 09540091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095400998116440     Document Type: Article

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