Animal navigation: path integration, visual landmarks and cognitive maps

Thomas S Collett; Paul Graham

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2004.06.013

Animal navigation: path integration, visual landmarks and cognitive maps

Curr Biol. 2004 Jun 22;14(12):R475-7. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.06.013.

Authors

Thomas S Collett¹, Paul Graham

Affiliation

¹ School of Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QG, UK. [email protected]

PMID: 15203020
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.06.013

Abstract

Animals typically have several navigational strategies available to them. Interactions between these strategies can reduce navigational errors and may lead to the emergence of new capacities.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Cognition / physiology*
Cues*
Homing Behavior / physiology*
Models, Biological*
Orientation / physiology*
Spatial Behavior / physiology*
Visual Perception / physiology