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The problem of conflicting reference frames when investigating three-dimensional space in surface-dwelling animals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 October 2013

Francesco Savelli  and
James J. Knierim
Francesco Savelli
Affiliation:
Krieger Mind/Brain Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218. fsavelli@jhu.edu jknierim@jhu.edu http://krieger.jhu.edu/mbi/knierimlab/
James J. Knierim
Affiliation:
Krieger Mind/Brain Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218. fsavelli@jhu.edu jknierim@jhu.edu http://krieger.jhu.edu/mbi/knierimlab/
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Abstract

In a surface-dwelling animal like the rat, experimental strategies for investigating the hippocampal correlates of three-dimensional space appear inevitably complicated by the interplay of global versus local reference frames. We discuss the impact of the resulting confounds on present and future empirical analysis of the “bicoded map” hypothesis by Jeffery and colleagues.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 5 , October 2013 , pp. 564 - 565
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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