Psychology & Psychiatry
Can children read maps at the age of four?
Children start to develop the basic skills that underlie map reading from the age of four, according to new research from the University of East Anglia.
Mar 8, 2023
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News tagged with spatial representation
Neuroscience
Rats can learn to navigate by watching their friends, helping us learn more about our own 'internal GPS'
Researchers are one step closer to understanding the "internal GPS" of animals and humans, by investigating whether rats can learn spaces just by observation. In a new study published in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, ...
Jul 13, 2022
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Medical research
People are surprisingly bad at identifying where sights and sounds originate
Our vision and hearing aren't as reliable as we might think, according to a study by life scientists at UCLA.
Dec 9, 2015
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Neuroscience
Study finds analysis of many species required to better understand the brain
To get a clear picture of how humans and other mammals form memories and find their way through their surroundings, neuroscientists must pay more attention to a broad range of animals rather than focus on a single model species, ...
Apr 29, 2013
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Neuroscience
The cerebellum as navigation assistant: A cognitive map enables orientation
The cerebellum is far more intensively involved in helping us navigate than previously thought. To move and learn effectively in spatial environments our brain, and particularly our hippocampus, creates a "cognitive" map ...
Nov 3, 2011
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