Spatial reorientation in large and small enclosures: comparative and developmental perspectives |
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Authors: | Cinzia Chiandetti Giorgio Vallortigara |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Psychology and B.R.A.I.N. Centre for Neuroscience, University of Trieste, Via S. Anastasio 12, 34123 Trieste, Italy;(2) Center for Mind/Brain Sciences, University of Trento, Corso Bettini 31, 38068 Rovereto, Italy |
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Abstract: | Several vertebrate species, including humans, following passive spatial disorientation appear to be able to reorient themselves by making use of the geometric shape of the environment (i.e., metric properties of surfaces and directional sense). In some circumstances, reliance on such purely geometric information can overcome the use of local featural cues (landmarks). The relative use of geometric and non-geometric information seems to depend upon, among other factors, the size of the experimental space. Evidence in non-human animals and in human infants for primacy in encoding either geometric or landmark information depending on the size of the environment is reviewed, together with possible theoretical accounts of this phenomenon. |
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Keywords: | Spatial reorientation Geometry Modularity Space size Human infants Chick Pigeon Fish |
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