Looking Beyond the Boundaries: Time to Put Landmarks Back on the Cognitive Map?

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 484-507

  Lew, Adina R ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avian spatial cognition; Boundary vector cells; Cognitive map; Geometric module; Mammalian spatial cognition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING; MEMORY; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; LEARNING; MEMORY; ORIENTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 79955496162     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022315     Document Type: Article

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