Subjects: Other Disciplines >> Synthetic discipline submitted time 2023-10-09 Cooperative journals: 《心理科学进展》
Abstract： Spatial navigation is vital for the survival and reproduction of humans and other animals living in complex environments. Effective spatial representations, also known as cognitive maps, are the basis of efficient spatial navigation. Prototypical properties of cognitive maps include selectivity, flexibility, and hierarchy. Several brain regions such as the hippocampus, the scene-selective areas and the prefrontal cortex are involved in the construction of cognitive maps. There are two theoretical disputes in the representational formats of cognitive maps, namely Euclidean map and topological graph, neither of which can fully account for the navigational behavior. Therefore, several hybrid theories have been put forward in order to reconcile this controversy such as the labeled graph hypothesis, the reference frame network theory, etc. Future researchers are suggested to focus on dynamic changes of hierarchical organization during the process of constructing cognitive maps, expansion of spatial dimensions and categories, and limitations in the concept of cognitive maps. Key words
Subjects: Psychology >> Cognitive Psychology submitted time 2023-06-10
Abstract： Spatial navigation is vital for the survival and reproduction of humans and other animals living in complex environments. Effective spatial representation, also known as the cognitive map, is the basis of efficient spatial navigation. Prototypical properties of the cognitive map include selectivity, flexibility and hierarchy. Several brain regions such as the hippocampus, the scene-selective areas and the prefrontal cortex are involved in the construction of the cognitive map. There are two theoretical contradictions in the representational format of the cognitive map, namely Euclidean map and topological graph, neither of which can fully account for the navigational behavior. Therefore, some researchers had put forward theories to reconcile this controversy such as the labeled map hypothesis, the reference frame network theory, etc. Future researchers are suggested to focus on the dynamic changes of the hierarchical organization during the process of constructing the cognitive map, the expansion of spatial dimensions and categories, and the limitations of the cognitive map.
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