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Human path navigation in a three-dimensional world

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 October 2013

Michael Barnett-Cowan  and
Heinrich H. Bülthoff
Michael Barnett-Cowan
Affiliation:
The Brain and Mind Institute, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5B7 Canada. mbarnettcowan@gmail.com www.sites.google.com/site/mbarnettcowan/
Heinrich H. Bülthoff
Affiliation:
Department of Human Perception, Cognition and Action, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, 72076 Tübingen, Germany. hhb@tuebingen.mpg.de www.kyb.mpg.de/~hhb Department of Brain and Cognitive Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, 136-713, Korea
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Abstract

Jeffery et al. propose a non-uniform representation of three-dimensional space during navigation. Fittingly, we recently revealed asymmetries between horizontal and vertical path integration in humans. We agree that representing navigation in more than two dimensions increases computational load and suggest that tendencies to maintain upright head posture may help constrain computational processing, while distorting neural representation of three-dimensional navigation.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 5 , October 2013 , pp. 544 - 545
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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