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"The more we know,concludes volume editor Reginald Golledge, "about how humans or other species can navigate, wayfind, sense, record and use spatial information, the more effective will be the building of future guidance systems, and the more natural it will be for human beings to understand and control those systems."

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"'Wayfinding Behavior: Cognitive Mapping and Other Spatial Processes' incorporates cognitive, perceptual, neural and animal perspectives. The authors come from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds, yet the writing is accessible to a wide audience. The book represents an exciting and innovative addition to the cognitive mapping literature, and will be a standard reference for the next decade of cognitive map research."--Stephen Hirtle, University of Pittsburgh

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments

Part I: Human Cognitive Maps and Wayfinding
1. Human Wayfinding and Cognitive Maps
2. Spatial Abilities, Cognitive Maps, and Wayfinding: Bases for Individual Difference in Spatial Cognition and Behavior
3. Human Information Processing in Sequential Spatial Choice
4. Environmental Congnition and Decision Making in Urban Navigation

Part II: Perceptual and Cognitive Processing of Environmental Information
5. Human Navigation by Path Integration
6. A Neaurocognitive Approach to Human Navigation
7. Dynamic Spatial Orientation and the Coupling of Representation

Part III: Wayfinding and Cognitive Maps in Nonhuman Species
8. Dead Reckoning (Path Integration), Landmarks, and Representation of Space in a Comparative Perspective
9. On the Fine Structure of View-Based Navigation in Insects
10. Compass Orientation as a Basic Element in Avian Orientation and Navigation
11. Spatial Processing in Animals and Humans: The Organizing Function of Representations for Information Gathering

Part IV: The Naural and Computational Bases of Wayfinding and Cognitive Maps
12. Neural Mechanisms of Spatial Orientation and Wayfindings: An Overview
13. Dissociation bewteen Distance and Direction during Locomotor Navigation
14. Error Tolerance and Generalization in Cognitive Maps: Performance without Precision

References
Contributors
Index

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      Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 11/03/1999
      ISBN13: 9780801859939, 978-0801859939
      ISBN10: 080185993X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      "The more we know,concludes volume editor Reginald Golledge, "about how humans or other species can navigate, wayfind, sense, record and use spatial information, the more effective will be the building of future guidance systems, and the more natural it will be for human beings to understand and control those systems."

      Trade Review
      "'Wayfinding Behavior: Cognitive Mapping and Other Spatial Processes' incorporates cognitive, perceptual, neural and animal perspectives. The authors come from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds, yet the writing is accessible to a wide audience. The book represents an exciting and innovative addition to the cognitive mapping literature, and will be a standard reference for the next decade of cognitive map research."--Stephen Hirtle, University of Pittsburgh

      Table of Contents

      Preface
      Acknowledgments

      Part I: Human Cognitive Maps and Wayfinding
      1. Human Wayfinding and Cognitive Maps
      2. Spatial Abilities, Cognitive Maps, and Wayfinding: Bases for Individual Difference in Spatial Cognition and Behavior
      3. Human Information Processing in Sequential Spatial Choice
      4. Environmental Congnition and Decision Making in Urban Navigation

      Part II: Perceptual and Cognitive Processing of Environmental Information
      5. Human Navigation by Path Integration
      6. A Neaurocognitive Approach to Human Navigation
      7. Dynamic Spatial Orientation and the Coupling of Representation

      Part III: Wayfinding and Cognitive Maps in Nonhuman Species
      8. Dead Reckoning (Path Integration), Landmarks, and Representation of Space in a Comparative Perspective
      9. On the Fine Structure of View-Based Navigation in Insects
      10. Compass Orientation as a Basic Element in Avian Orientation and Navigation
      11. Spatial Processing in Animals and Humans: The Organizing Function of Representations for Information Gathering

      Part IV: The Naural and Computational Bases of Wayfinding and Cognitive Maps
      12. Neural Mechanisms of Spatial Orientation and Wayfindings: An Overview
      13. Dissociation bewteen Distance and Direction during Locomotor Navigation
      14. Error Tolerance and Generalization in Cognitive Maps: Performance without Precision

      References
      Contributors
      Index

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