Neural encoding of large-scale three-dimensional space—properties and constraints

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Jeffery, Kate J ^a   Wilson, Jonathan J ^a   Casali, Giulio ^a   Hayman, Robin M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dimensions; grid cells; head direction cells; navigation; place cells; spatial cognition; theoretical model

Indexed keywords

EID: 85119150244     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00927     Document Type: Review

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