Spatial Processing in Navigation, Imagery and Perception

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XXII

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2. Spatial Processing during Mental Imagery: A Neurofunctional Theory

   • Stephen M. Kosslyn, Jennifer M. Shephard, William L. Thompson

   Pages 1-15

3. The Role of Imagery in Navigation: Neuropsychological Evidence

   • Cecilia Guariglia, Luigi Pizzamiglio

   Pages 17-28

4. Functional Equivalence of Spatial Images Produced by Perception and Spatial Language

   • Jack M. Loomis, Roberta L. Klatzky, Marios Avraamides, Yvonne Lippa, Reginald G. Golledge

   Pages 29-48

5. Spatial Processing and View-Dependent Representations

   • Ranxiao Frances Wang

   Pages 49-65

6. Modeling Mental Spatial Knowledge Processing

   • Thomas Barkowsky

   Pages 67-84

7. Optic Ataxia: A Gateway to the Human Visual Action System

   • Marc Himmelbach, Hans-Otto Karnath

   Pages 85-105

8. Interactions Between Cognitive Space and Motor Activity

   • Bruce Bridgeman, Brian Lathrop

   Pages 107-117

9. Cross-modal Involvement of Visual Cortex in Tactile Perception

   • K. Sathian, Simon Lacey

   Pages 119-134

10. Neuroanatomy of the Parietal Cortex

    • Lutz Jäncke

    Pages 135-145

11. Spatial Maps, Feature Integration and Parietal Function: Implications from the Study of Spatial Deficits

    • Lynn C. Robertson

    Pages 147-161

12. Pigs in Space1: How We Recognize Rotated Objects

    • Michael Corballis, Branka Milivojevic, Irina Harris

    Pages 163-181

13. Functional Neuroanatomy of Mental Rotation Performance

    • Lutz Jäncke, Kirsten Jordan

    Pages 183-207

14. Spatial Orientation and Navigation in Microgravity

    • Charles Oman

    Pages 209-247

15. Spatial Representations in the Rat: Case Study or Perspective on Episodic Memory?

    • Françoise Schenk, Delphine Preissmann, Chiara Sautter

    Pages 249-279

16. Sensorimotor Transformations in Spatial Orientation Relative to Gravity

    • Bernhard Hess

    Pages 281-300

17. Sensorimotor Control of Human Dynamic Behavior in Space Implemented into a Hominoid Robot

    • Thomas Mergner, Christoph Maurer, Georg Schweigart

    Pages 301-327

18. The Ventro-dorsal Stream: Parieto-premotor Neural Circuits and Their Role in Primate Cognition

    • Vittorio Gallese

    Pages 329-352

19. Mind over Matter? Imagined Body Movements and Their Neuronal Correlates

    • Fred W. Mast, Laura Bamert, Nathaniel Newby

    Pages 353-368

20. Bottom-up Effects of Sensory Conflict and Adaptation on Mental Imagery: Sensorimotor Grounds for High Level Cognition?

    • Gilles Rode, Sophie Jacquin-Courtois, Patrice Revol, Laure Pisella, Anne Sylvie Sacri, Dominique Boisson et al.

    Pages 369-387

“Spatial Processing in Navigation, Imagery and Perception” Since the decade of the brain cognitive processes have found their way to the study of brain functions and an increasing number of research studies are dealing with the aspect of spatial processing. In fact, a tremendous part of the cognitive domains studied pertain to spatial processing. However, there is also a growing tendency for diversification in relation to the subprocesses underlying spatial processing. Not only are there studies looking at the well known place cells in rats, rabbits and other animals, there is also an increasing number of studies looking at related topics in humans and monkeys such as spatial orientation, spatial construction, and spatial imagery. These studies, although diverse at first glance, have many aspects in common. We are now on the root to understand the underlying neuroanatomy and neurophysiology much better than ever before. This is made possible by the advent of novel techniques such as structural and functional in vivo anatomy, modeling, and several sophisticated behavioral research tools such as virtual reality techniques and simulators. Spatial processing is fundamental for understanding human cognition. However, compared to other domains such as memory, language, and attention the exploration of spatial functions has been understudied in the past years.

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• Department of Psychology, University of Lausanne, Anthropole 5189, Switzerland

  Fred Mast

• Department of Psychology, University of Zürich, Treichlerstrasse 10, Switzerland

  Lutz Jäncke

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