Theoretical accounts of spatial learning: A neurobiological view (commentary on Pearce, 2009)

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1683-1699

  Jeffery, Kathryn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Geometric module; Grid cells; Place cells; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; NERVE CELL; NEUROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEURONS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 77956682287     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210903540771     Document Type: Article

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