The role of visual experience for the neural basis of spatial cognition

A Pasqualotto, MJ Proulx - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
Blindness often results in the adaptive neural reorganization of the remaining modalities,
producing sharper auditory and haptic behavioral performance. Yet, non-visual modalities …

Neural evidence supports a novel framework for spatial navigation

ER Chrastil - Psychonomic bulletin & review, 2013 - Springer
The spatial knowledge used for human navigation has traditionally been separated into
three categories: landmark, route, and survey knowledge. While behavioral research has …

Orientation and perspective dependence in route and survey learning.

AL Shelton, TP McNamara - Journal of Experimental Psychology …, 2004 - psycnet.apa.org
Three experiments investigated the role of egocentric orientation in subsequent memory for
layouts learned via route (ground-level) and survey (aerial or overview) perspectives …

Exploring individual differences and building complexity in wayfinding: The case of the seattle central library

SF Kuliga, B Nelligan, RC Dalton… - Environment and …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
This article focuses on the interactions between individual differences and building
characteristics that may occur during multilevel wayfinding. Using the Seattle Central Library …

The spatial brain.

L Nadel, O Hardt - Neuropsychology, 2004 - psycnet.apa.org
Themes emerging from the collection of articles in the Special Section on Long-Term Spatial
Memory include the notion of multiple spatial systems, the relation between spatial …

Hippocampal lesion prevents spatial relational learning in adult macaque monkeys

PB Lavenex, DG Amaral, P Lavenex - Journal of Neuroscience, 2006 - Soc Neuroscience
The role of the hippocampus in spatial learning and memory has been extensively studied in
rodents. Comparable studies in nonhuman primates, however, are few, and findings are …

Evidence of separable spatial representations in a virtual navigation task.

K Gramann, HJ Müller, EM Eick… - Journal of Experimental …, 2005 - psycnet.apa.org
Three experiments investigated spatial orientation in a virtual navigation task. Subjects had
to adjust a homing vector indicating their end position relative to the origin of the path. It was …

Sex differences in mental rotation: Top–down versus bottom–up processing

T Butler, J Imperato-McGinley, H Pan, D Voyer… - Neuroimage, 2006 - Elsevier
Functional MRI during performance of a validated mental rotation task was used to assess a
neurobiological basis for sex differences in visuospatial processing. Between-sex group …

Effects of prenatal marijuana on visuospatial working memory: an fMRI study in young adults

AM Smith, PA Fried, MJ Hogan, I Cameron - Neurotoxicology and teratology, 2006 - Elsevier
The long lasting neurophysiological effects of prenatal marijuana exposure on visuospatial
working memory were investigated in 18–22 year olds using functional magnetic resonance …

Individual skill differences and large-scale environmental learning.

AW Fields, AL Shelton - Journal of Experimental Psychology …, 2006 - psycnet.apa.org
Spatial skills are known to vary widely among normal individuals. This project was designed
to address whether these individual differences are differentially related to large-scale …