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2.11 - Human Spatial Memory and Navigation
Learning and Memory: A Comprehensive Reference, Four-Volume Set, pp 157-178
2008
Abstract
This chapter reviews empirical and theoretical advancements in the scientific understanding of human spatial memory and navigation. The primary goal is to examine the ways in which memories of familiar environments are used to guide locomotion, reorientation, and wayfinding. The chapter covers eight major topic areas: Elemental types of spatial knowledge; theories of the acquisition of spatial knowledge; the nature of spatial knowledge; spatial reference systems in memory; spatial updating during locomotion; cognitive theories of spatial memory and navigation; the development of spatial memory and navigational capabilities; and the cognitive neuroscience of spatial memory. The final section of the chapter summarizes these findings and identifies promising directions for future research on human spatial memory and navigation.
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Details
- Title
- 2.11 - Human Spatial Memory and Navigation
- Creators
- T.P. McNamara - Vanderbilt UniversityJ. Sluzenski - Stockton UniversityB. Rump - Vanderbilt University
- Publication Details
- Learning and Memory: A Comprehensive Reference, Four-Volume Set, pp 157-178
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences (Psychology)
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85079256785
- Other Identifier
- 991021463548204721