The Hippocampal and Parietal Foundations of Spatial Cognition

ISBN-13: 9780198524526 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 504 str.

Neil Burgess; Kathryn Jeffery; John O'Keefe

Opis

This book examines some of the neural substrates and mechanisms that s upport these remarkable abilities. The hippocampus and the parietal co rtex have been implicated in various core spatial behaviours, such as the ability to localise an object and navigate to it. Damage to these areas in humans and animals leads to impairment of these spatial funct ions. This collection of papers, written by internationally recognized experts in the field, reviews the evidence that each area is involved in spatial cognition, examines the mechanisms underlying the generati on of spatial behaviours, and considers the relative roles of the pari etal and hippocampal areas, including how each interacts with the othe r.

Recenzje

This well-organized volume has much interest to basic researchers