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disposition > cognition > memory > spatial memory > cognitive map

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cognitive map  

Definition

  • Mental and spatial representation of an environment topology.

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Behrens, T. E. J., Muller, T. H., Whittington, J. C. R., Mark, S., Baram, A. B., Stachenfeld, K. L., & Kurth-Nelson, Z. (2018). What is a cognitive map? Organizing knowledge for flexible behavior. Neuron, 100(2), 490–509. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2018.10.002

    [Study type: literature review / Access: open]

  • • Tolman, E. C. (1948). Cognitive maps in rats and men. Psychological review, 55(4), 189-208. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0061626

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]

  • • Warren, W. H. (2019). Non-Euclidean navigation. Journal of Experimental Biology, 222(Suppl_1), jeb187971. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.187971

    [Study type: literature review / Access: open]

  • • Weisberg, S. M., & Newcombe, N. S. (2018). Cognitive maps: Some people make them, some people struggle. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 27(4), 220–226. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963721417744521

    [Study type: literature review / Access: open]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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