Fractionating dead reckoning: role of the compass, odometer, logbook, and home base establishment in spatial orientation

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The development of spatial capacity in piloting and dead reckoning by infant rats: Use of the huddle as a home base for spatial navigation

✍ Irene Loewen; Douglas G. Wallace; Ian Q. Whishaw 📂 Article 📅 2005 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 229 KB 👁 1 views

Two forms of spatial navigation, piloting using external cues and dead reckoning using self-movement cues, are manifest in the outward and homeward trips of adult rats exploring from a home base. Here, the development of these two forms of spatial behavior are described for rats aged 14-65 days usin