The cognitive map in humans: Spatial navigation and beyond
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The cognitive map in humans: Spatial navigation and beyond
Consciousness exists on a spectrum from pure abstraction (map) to pure engagement (territory).
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Humans think using mental models. These are representations of reality that make the world comprehensible. They allow us to see patterns, predict how things will unfold, and make sense of the circumstances we encounter.
Kenneth Cukier, Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger, • Framers
Both the entorhinal and hippocampal self-organizing maps amplify and learn to categorize the most energetic and frequent co-occurrences of their inputs. Top–down attentional mechanisms from hippocampus to MEC help to dynamically stabilize these spatial memories in both the model and neurophysiological data. Spatial learning through MEC to hippocamp... See more
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The successful navigation of such a city is dependent upon the composition of a mental map, which can be transposed upon its physical layout,