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Cognitive Processes and Spatial Orientation in Animal and Man

Volume I Experimental Animal Psychology and Ethology

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  • © 1987

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Editors:
  1. Paul Ellen

    1. Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA

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  2. Catherine Thinus-Blanc

    1. C.N.R.S., Marseille, France

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series D: (ASID, volume 36)

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVI
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  2. The Cognitive map concept and its consequences

    1. The Cognitive Map Concept and its Consequences

      • Catherine Thinus-Blanc
      Pages 1-19

  3. Cognitive mechanisms in animal problem-solving

    1. Cognitive Mechanisms in Animal Problem-Solving

      • Paul Ellen
      Pages 20-35

  4. Experimental Animal Psychology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 37-37
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    2. Behavior in Relation to Objects in Space: Some Historical Perspectives

      • Michael E. Rashotte
      Pages 39-54

    3. Behavior as a Locationist Views it

      • E. W. Menzel Jr.
      Pages 55-72

    4. Local Cues and Distal Arrays in the Control of Spatial Behavior

      • W. K. Honig
      Pages 73-88

    5. A Comparative Approach to Cognitive Mapping

      • Jacques Vauclair
      Pages 89-96

    6. Detour and Shortcut Abilities in Several Species of Mammals

      • Nicole Chapuis
      Pages 97-106

    7. Movement Through Space and Spatially Organized Behavior

      • Jeanne M. Stahl, S. Bernard Bagley, James L. McKenzie, Phyllis L. Hurst
      Pages 107-113

    8. Study of Cognitive Processes Used by Dogs in Spatial Tasks

      • C. Fabrigoule
      Pages 114-123

    9. Role of the Spatial Structure in Multiple Choice Problem-Solving by Golden Hamsters

      • Marie-Christine Buhot, Hélène Poucet
      Pages 124-134

    10. Memory Properties of Spatial Behaviours in Cats and Hamsters

      • Bruno Poucet, Georges Scotto
      Pages 135-146

    11. The Role of Intramaze Stimuli in Spatial Problem Solving

      • Charlene Wages
      Pages 147-152

    12. Rats Use the Geometry of Surfaces for Navigation

      • Ken Cheng
      Pages 153-159

    13. Dissociation Between Components of Spatial Memory in the Rat During Ontogeny

      • Françoise Schenk
      Pages 160-167

    14. Spatial and Nonspatial Strategies in the Orientation of the Rat

      • Dorothy Einon, Chantal Pacteau
      Pages 168-173

  5. Neuroethology and Ethology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 175-175
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    2. Neuroethology: Toward a Functional Analysis of Stimulus-Response Mediating and Modulating Neural Circuitries

      • J.-P. Ewert
      Pages 177-200

    3. Cognitive Maps and Navigation in Homing Pigeons

      • Wolfgang Wiltschko, Roswitha Wiltschko
      Pages 201-216
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About this book

These volumes represent the proceedings of NATO Advanced Study Institute on the topic of "Cognitive Processes and Spatial Orientation in Animal and Man" held at La-Baume-les-Aix, Aix-en-Provence, France, in June-July 1985. The motivation underlying this Institute stemmed from the recent advances and interest in the problems of spatial behavior. In Psychology, traditional S-R concepts were found to be unsatisfactorY for fully accounting for the complexity of spatial behavior. Coupled with the decline in such an approach, has been a resurgence of interest in cognitive types of concepts. In Ethology, investigators have begun to use more sophisticated methods for the study of homing and navigational behaviors. In the general area of Neuroscience, marked advances have been achieved in the understanding of the neural mechanisms underlying spatial behaviors. And finally, there has been a burgeoning interest and body of knowledge concerning the development of spatial behavior in humans. All of these factors combined to suggest the necessity of bringing together scientists working in these areas with the intent that such a meeting might lead to a cross-fertilization of the various areas. Possibly by providing a context in which members of the various disciplines could interact, it was felt that we might increase the likelihood of identifying those similarities and differences in the concepts and methods common to all groups. Such an identification could provide the basis for a subsequent interdisciplinary research effort.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA

    Paul Ellen

  • C.N.R.S., Marseille, France

    Catherine Thinus-Blanc

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Cognitive Processes and Spatial Orientation in Animal and Man

  • Book Subtitle: Volume I Experimental Animal Psychology and Ethology

  • Editors: Paul Ellen, Catherine Thinus-Blanc

  • Series Title: NATO Science Series D:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3531-0

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Dordrecht 1987

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-247-3447-4Due: 28 February 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-8078-1Published: 30 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-3531-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0258-123X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 352

  • Topics: Cognitive Psychology, Zoology

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