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Spatial Memory and Spatial Orientation

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Spatial Cognition VI. Learning, Reasoning, and Talking about Space (Spatial Cognition 2008)

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Navigating through a remembered space depends critically on the ability to stay oriented with respect to the remembered environment and to reorient after becoming lost. This chapter describes the roles of long-term spatial memory, sensorimotor spatial memory, and path integration in determining spatial orientation. Experiments presented here highlight the reference direction structure of long-term spatial memory and suggest that self-position and orientation during locomotion are updated with respect to those reference directions. These results indicate that a complete account of spatial orientation requires a more thorough understanding of the interaction between long-term spatial memory, sensorimotor spatial memory, and path integration.

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Kelly, J.W., McNamara, T.P. (2008). Spatial Memory and Spatial Orientation. In: Freksa, C., Newcombe, N.S., Gärdenfors, P., Wölfl, S. (eds) Spatial Cognition VI. Learning, Reasoning, and Talking about Space. Spatial Cognition 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 5248. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-87601-4_5

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