Spatial Cognition and Navigation

Gaze Graphs in spatial navigation: visual behavior during free exploration explains individual differences in navigation performance

This study uses gaze graphs from eye-tracking data during virtual reality exploration to identify predictors of individual differences in spatial navigation performance.

Theta activity in the RSC anchors space to the body cardinal axes

The paper investigates how theta activity in the retrosplenial complex anchors directional representations to body axes during navigation, showing its role in orientation and navigation performance.

Composing trajectories for rapid inference of navigational goals

The paper develops an algorithm inspired by mouse behavior to rapidly infer navigational goals through Bayesian inference and trajectory composition.

Uncovering persistent biases in human path integration by separating left and right trials

This study reanalyzes navigation data and conducts a virtual reality experiment to reveal persistent individual left/right biases in path integration, which are obscured by population-level averaging.

rTCT: Rodent Triangle Completion Task to facilitate translational study of path integration

This paper develops a rodent version of the Triangle Completion Task to improve cross-species comparability in path integration studies.

Neurocognitive dynamics of translating information from a spatial map into action

This study investigates how the brain translates spatial maps into action using virtual reality and EEG, finding specific neural patterns related to perspective shifts and rotation angles.

Spatial Perspective Taking is Distinct from Cognitive and Affective Perspective Taking

The paper examines the relationship between spatial, cognitive, and affective perspective taking and attentional control, finding spatial PT is distinct from the other forms.

Beyond the first glance: How human presence enhances visual entropy and promotes spatial learning

This study shows that incongruent human agents in a virtual environment increase gaze variability and improve spatial recall through more flexible visual exploration.

Locomotion-dependent use of geometric and body cues in humans mapping 3D space

This study shows that human locomotion mode affects spatial memory precision and cue usage in 3D environments, with flying and walking groups showing opposite patterns in vertical and horizontal accuracy.

A scene with an invisible wall - navigational experience shapes visual scene representation

This study shows that navigational experience influences how visual scenes are perceived and represented in the brain, beyond their visual properties.

Altered coding of environmental boundaries in human aging: an fMRI study

This study investigates how aging affects the use and neural representation of environmental boundary information during spatial memory tasks using fMRI.

Theta activity supports landmark-based correction of naturalistic human path integration

This study investigates how humans use landmarks to correct spatial errors during navigation, finding that theta-band activity in the RSC supports this process.

Ant visual route navigation: How the fine details of behaviour promote successful route performance and convergence

This paper investigates how ant navigation strategies, including cast and surge behaviors and oscillatory learning, improve route convergence and performance.

Path integration impairments reveal early cognitive changes in Subjective Cognitive Decline

This study identifies path integration impairments in individuals with subjective cognitive decline, suggesting memory leak as an early marker of neurodegeneration related to Alzheimer's disease.

Cognitive maps for hierarchical spaces in the human brain

This study investigates how the human brain represents hierarchical spatial environments using fMRI and behavioral tasks, finding that integration across subspaces involves specific brain regions and cognitive processes.

Separable cognitive and motor decline tracked across adult life-span for goal-directed navigation

This study tracks cognitive and motor decline in spatial navigation across the adult lifespan using data from a video game, showing age-related declines in both domains without a shift to alternative strategies.

A neural compass in the human brain during naturalistic virtual navigation

This study identifies brain regions in humans that maintain a consistent directional representation during naturalistic virtual navigation.

Age-related differences in electrophysiological correlates of visuospatial reorientation

This study examines age-related differences in EEG activity during visuospatial reorientation tasks, identifying three key electrophysiological changes in older adults.

Behavioral investigation of allocentric and egocentric cognitive maps in human spatial memory

This study investigates how humans use allocentric and egocentric cognitive maps for spatial memory through a behavioral task involving virtual environments and coordinate systems.

Object-Centered Spatial Learning in Dynamic Contexts: History-Driven Distractor Suppression and Target Enhancement

The paper investigates how attentional biases are formed in static and dynamic environments, finding that object-based learning allows for object-centered attention while egocentric learning remains viewpoint-dependent.

The impact of human agents on spatial navigation and knowledge acquisition in a Virtual Environment

This study examines how human agents affect spatial navigation and knowledge acquisition in a virtual environment, finding that agents influence local attention and navigation accuracy.

Neural and sensory basis of homing behavior in the invasive cane toad, Rhinella marina

This study investigates the neural and sensory mechanisms of homing in invasive cane toads, finding that navigation is multimodal and involves conserved neural structures across vertebrates.

Predicting real-world navigation performance from a virtual navigation task in older adults

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

Expert Navigators Deploy Rational Complexity-Based Decision Precaching for Large-Scale Real-World Planning

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.

London taxi drivers exploit neighbourhood boundaries for hierarchical 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.

Instruction Alters The Influence Of Allocentric Landmarks In A Reach Task

The paper investigates how explicit instructions to use allocentric landmarks improve reach accuracy, precision, and reaction time compared to ignoring landmarks in a reach task.

An allocentric human odometer for perceiving distances on the ground plane

The paper demonstrates that humans use an allocentric spatial reference frame to perceive distances on the ground plane, with path-integration mechanisms that are anisotropic and rely on horizontal motion signals.

A Dynamic Bayesian Actor Model explains Endpoint Variability in Homing Tasks

This paper introduces a dynamic Bayesian actor model to explain endpoint variability in homing tasks by integrating perception, action, and internal representations.

Not seeing the forest for the trees: Combination of path integration and landmark cues in human virtual navigation

This study investigates how humans combine path integration and landmark cues in virtual navigation, finding that performance varies with environment complexity and individual differences in cue usage.

The relationship between object-based spatial ability and virtual navigation performance

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.