Pablo Fernández Velasco

The paper shows that the brain encodes network structure using distinct brain regions, with hippocampus representing shortest-path distances and retrosplenial complex representing global connectivity.

The paper investigates brain activity during architectural experience, showing how prefrontal and hippocampal regions respond to spatial complexity and aesthetic qualities using fMRI and first-person videos.

This study finds that virtual navigation performance predicts real-world navigation in older adults for medium difficulty tasks but not easy or difficult ones.

This study examines how expert London taxi drivers plan routes by precaching decisions at key junctions, using complexity metrics to prioritize mental sampling during route planning.

This study shows that London taxi drivers use hierarchical planning by organizing city regions into clusters, leading to faster route recall compared to distance-based planning.

The paper examines the relationship between object-based spatial abilities and virtual navigation performance using a mobile game, finding limited correlations between navigation tasks and visuospatial tests.

The paper examines cultural influences on self-estimated navigation ability versus actual performance across 46 countries using a large sample.