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Dead Reckoning, Cognitive Maps, Animal Navigation and the Representation of Space: An Introduction

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Robotics and Cognitive Approaches to Spatial Mapping

Part of the book series: Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics ((STAR,volume 38))

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The chapters in this part deal with some aspects of current behavioral and neurobiological research on the construction of maps by animal brains. A map is an encoding of some or all of the geometric relations between locations. Map making is a fundamental part of navigation. It enables the navigator to set a course for a destination that is not currently perceived by reference to the navigator’s currently perceptible surroundings.

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Gallistel, C.R. (2007). Dead Reckoning, Cognitive Maps, Animal Navigation and the Representation of Space: An Introduction. In: Jefferies, M.E., Yeap, WK. (eds) Robotics and Cognitive Approaches to Spatial Mapping. Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, vol 38. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75388-9_8

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