Augmented topological maps for three-dimensional navigation

Behav Brain Sci. 2013 Oct;36(5):560-1; discussion 571-87. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X13000502.

Abstract

We describe an augmented topological map as an alternative for the proposed bicoded map. Inverting causality, the special nature of the vertical dimension is then no longer fixed a priori and the cause of specific navigation behavior, but a consequence of the combination of the specific geometry of the experimental environment and the motor capabilities of the experimental animals.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cognition / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Models, Neurological*
  • Space Perception / physiology*
  • Spatial Behavior*