Cognitive maps/hippocampus Flashcards
1
Q
What ar the two types of spatial representations that support wayfinding?
A
- Egocentric navigation
- Allocentric navigation
2
Q
What is egocentric navigation?
A
- Sequence of intructions on how to get from one point to another
3
Q
What is allocentric navigation?
A
- Developing a cognitive map of the environment that integrates routes of into a network of relationship between locations
4
Q
What is allocentric navigation dependent on?
A
MTL structures (e.g hoppocampus)
5
Q
What is egocentric navigation dependent on?
A
Striatum
6
Q
What is path integration?
A
Using cues from self motion to estimate how much we have moved
7
Q
What does path integration rely on for navigation?
A
Egocentric navigation
8
Q
How is path integration meaured?
A
Triangle completion
9
Q
What did Edward Tolman (1948) observe?
A
The rats who had learned a roundabout route to a goal would quickly swtich to a more direct path if the familiar route was blocked
