The'cognitive map'hypothesis proposes that brain builds a unified representation of the
spatial environment to support memory and guide future action. Forty years of …

Humans are remarkably adept at perceiving and understanding complex real-world scenes.
Uncovering the neural basis of this ability is an important goal of vision science …

Thirty years of research suggests that environmental boundaries—eg, the walls of an
experimental chamber or room—exert powerful influence on navigational behavior, often to …

The ability to recover one's bearings when lost is a skill that is fundamental for spatial
navigation. We review the cognitive and neural mechanisms that underlie this ability, with …

Hippocampal place cells selectively fire when an animal traverses a particular location and
are considered a neural substrate of spatial memory. Place cells were shown to change their …

A growing body of evidence suggests that people with Alzheimer's Disease (AD) show
compromised spatial abilities. In addition, there exists from the earliest stages of AD a …

Animals navigate a wide range of distances, from a few millimeters to globe-spanning
journeys of thousands of kilometers. Despite this array of navigational challenges, similar …

Human spatial cognition has been mainly characterized in terms of egocentric (body-
centered) and allocentric (world-centered) wayfinding behavior. It was hypothesized that …

When a navigator's internal sense of direction is disrupted, she must rely on external cues to
regain her bearings, a process termed spatial reorientation. Extensive research has …

Environmental boundaries play a crucial role in spatial navigation and memory across a
wide range of distantly related species. In rodents, boundary representations have been …