Is There a Geometric Module for Spatial Orientation? Insights From a Rodent Navigation Model

Psychological Review

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 540-566

  Sheynikhovich, Denis ^a   Chavarriaga, Ricardo ^a   Strösslin, Thomas ^a   Arleo, Angelo ^a   Gerstner, Wulfram ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

computational model; geometric module; grid cells; navigational strategies; view matching

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RAT; RECALL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BRAIN; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ESCAPE REACTION; GOALS; MAZE LEARNING; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RATS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 67651048941     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016170     Document Type: Article

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