Origins of landmark encoding in the brain

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 561-571

  Yoder, Ryan M ^a,b   Clark, Benjamin J ^a,c   Taube, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; SUBICULUM; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 82455192275     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: 1878108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2011.08.004     Document Type: Review

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