Map fragmentation in two- and three-dimensional environments

Behav Brain Sci. 2013 Oct;36(5):569-71; discussion 571-87. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X13000605.

Abstract

The suggestion that three-dimensional space is represented by a mosaic of neural map fragments, each covering a small area of space in the plane of locomotion, receives support from studies in complex two-dimensional environments. How map fragments are linked, which brain circuits are involved, and whether metric is preserved across fragments are questions that remain to be determined.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cognition / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Models, Neurological*
  • Space Perception / physiology*
  • Spatial Behavior*