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Navigation bicoded as functions of x-y and time?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 October 2013

James G. Phillips  and
Rowan P. Ogeil
James G. Phillips
Affiliation:
School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia. [email protected]@monash.edu
Rowan P. Ogeil
Affiliation:
School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia. [email protected]@monash.edu
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Abstract

Evidence from egocentric space is cited to support bicoding of navigation in three-dimensional space. Horizontal distances and space are processed differently from the vertical. Indeed, effector systems are compatible in horizontal space, but potentially incompatible (or chaotic) during transitions to vertical motion. Navigation involves changes in coordinates, and animal models of navigation indicate that time has an important role.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 5 , October 2013 , pp. 561 - 562
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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