Since its development about 40 years ago (1981–2021), Morris water maze has turned into
a very popular tool for assessing spatial learning and memory. Its many advantages have …

Humans and animals use mental representations of the spatial structure of the world to
navigate. The classical view is that these representations take the form of Euclidean …

The'cognitive map'hypothesis proposes that brain builds a unified representation of the
spatial environment to support memory and guide future action. Forty years of …

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The mammalian hippocampus is important for normal memory function, particularly memory
for places and events. Place cells, neurons within the hippocampus that have spatial …

The brain creates a model of the world around us. We can use this representation to
perceive and comprehend what we see at any given moment, but also to vividly re …

Is it possible to learn something without being aware of it? How does emotion influence the
way we think? How can we improve our memory? Fundamentals of Cognition, third edition …

A schema refers to a structured body of prior knowledge that captures common patterns
across related experiences. Schemas have been studied separately in the realms of …

In recent years, the field has reached an impasse between models suggesting that the
hippocampus is fundamentally involved in spatial processing and models suggesting that …

Successful behavior requires actively acquiring and representing information about the
environment and people, and manipulating and using those acquired representations …