An internal cognitive map can be used to solve abstract problems like finding novel route between two different location, finds a study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience. Animals and humans ...

本文系统探讨人类导航依赖的多层次空间认知机制，重点解析（cognitive map）的形成条件与类型差异。作者对比（vista environments）与（large-scale environments）中（path integration）的神经编码策略，提出区分仅编码位置与整合方向的两类认知地图，为未来研究提供理论 ...

How do we make decisions about a situation we have not encountered before? New work from the Center for Mind and Brain at the University of California, Davis, shows that we can solve abstract problems ...

How do we make decisions about a situation we have not encountered before? New work from the Center for Mind and Brain at the University of California, Davis, shows that we can solve abstract problems ...

Echolocating bats have been found to possess an acoustic cognitive map of their home range, enabling them to navigate over kilometer-scale distances using echolocation alone. This finding, recently ...

Would you be able to instantly recognize your location and find your way home from any random point within a three-kilometer radius, in complete darkness, with only a flashlight to guide you?

What do social climbers and gossipmongers have in common? My mother would tell me that both are morally suspect. This moral umbrage is etched into lessons from fairy tales and scripture that we ...