Human spatial representation: insights from animals. Export

@article{citeulike:527502, abstract = {HUMAN NAVIGATION IS SPECIAL: we use geographic maps to capture a world far beyond our unaided locomotion. In consequence, human navigation is widely thought to depend on internalized versions of these maps - enduring, geocentric 'cognitive maps' capturing diverse information about the environment. Contrary to this view, we argue that human navigation is best studied in relation to research on navigating animals as humble as ants. This research provides evidence that animals, including humans, navigate primarily by representations that are momentary rather than enduring, egocentric rather than geocentric, and limited in the environmental information that they capture. Uniquely human forms of navigation build on these representations.}, address = {Dept of Psychology and Beckman Institute, University of Illinois, 603 E. Daniel St, 61820,., Champaign, IL, USA}, author = {Wang, Ranxiao and Spelke, Elizabeth}, citeulike-article-id = {527502}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12200179}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=12200179}, day = {1}, issn = {1364-6613}, journal = {Trends Cogn Sci}, keywords = {cp\_prosem, geometric\_module, navigation, non\_human, space, viewpoint\_dependence}, month = {September}, number = {9}, posted-at = {2009-09-24 17:29:31}, priority = {0}, title = {Human spatial representation: insights from animals.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12200179}, volume = {6}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:527502 L3 - citeulike-article-id:527502 N2 - HUMAN NAVIGATION IS SPECIAL: we use geographic maps to capture a world far beyond our unaided locomotion. In consequence, human navigation is widely thought to depend on internalized versions of these maps - enduring, geocentric 'cognitive maps' capturing diverse information about the environment. Contrary to this view, we argue that human navigation is best studied in relation to research on navigating animals as humble as ants. This research provides evidence that animals, including humans, navigate primarily by representations that are momentary rather than enduring, egocentric rather than geocentric, and limited in the environmental information that they capture. Uniquely human forms of navigation build on these representations. IS - 9 JF - Trends Cogn Sci SN - 1364-6613 AD - Dept of Psychology and Beckman Institute, University of Illinois, 603 E. Daniel St, 61820,., Champaign, IL, USA TI - Human spatial representation: insights from animals. VL - 6 KW - cp_prosem KW - geometric_module KW - navigation KW - non_human KW - space KW - viewpoint_dependence AU - Wang, Ranxiao AU - Spelke, Elizabeth PY - 2002/09/01/ UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12200179 ER -