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Wayfinding behavior : cognitive mapping and other spatial processes / edited by Reginald G. Golledge.

Other author/creatorGolledge, Reginald G., 1937-
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoBaltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©1999.
Descriptionxviii, 428 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Human wayfinding and cognitive maps / Reginald G. Golledge -- Spatial abilities, cognitive maps, and wayfinding: bases for individual differences in spatial cognition and behavior / Gary L. Allen -- Human information processing in sequential spatial choice / Tommy Gärling -- Environmental cognition and decision making in urban navigation / Eliahu Stern and Juval Portugali -- Human navigation by path integration / Jack M. Loomis, Roberta L. Klatzky, Reginald G. Golledge, and John W. Philbeck -- A neurocognitive approach to human navigation / Michel-Ange Amorim -- Dynamic spatial orientation and the coupling of representation and action / John J. Rieser -- Dead reckoning (path integration), landmarks, and representation of space in a comparative perspective / Ariane S. Etienne, Roland Maurer, Josephine Georgakopoulos, and Andrea Griffin -- On the fine structure of view-based navigation in insects / Simon P. D. Judd, Kyran Dale, and Thomas S. Collett -- Compass orientation as a basic element in avian orientation and navigation / Roswitha Wiltschko and Wolfgang Wiltschko -- Spatial processing in animals and humans: the organizing function of representations for information gathering / Catherine Thinus-Blanc and Florence Gaunet -- Neural mechanisms of spatial orientation and wayfinding: an overview / Lynn Nadel -- Dissociation between distance and direction during locomotor navigation / Alain Berthöz, Michel-Ange Amorim, Stephan Glasauer, Renato Grasso, Yasuiko Takei, and Isabelle Viaud-Delmon -- Error tolerance and generalization in cognitive maps: performance without precision / Eric Chown.
General notePapers originally presented at a seminar held at the Chateau de la Bretesche in July 1996.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 371-413) and index.
LCCN 98025999
ISBN080185993X (hardcover : alk. paper)

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