Why people get lost: the psychology and neuroscience of spatial cognition /
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TextLanguage: English Publication details: Oxford University Press, 2010. Oxford:Description: 299 pISBN: - 9780199210862
- 153.752 DUD-W
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1. On being lost -- 2. A history of "maze" psychology -- 3. Contemporary studies of spatial cognition-- 4. Human navigation -- 5. Spatial cognition in children -- 6. The hippocampus as a cognitive map -- 7. Place cells and brain imaging -- 8. The neural basis for a sense of direction: head direction neurons -- 9. Alzheimer's disease, the parietal lobe, and topographical disorientation -- 10. Why we get lost.
At some point in our lives, most of us have been lost. How does this happen? What are the limits of our ability to find our way? Do we have an innate sense of direction? 'How people get lost' is a exciting exploration of the psychology and neuroscience of how we find our way.
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