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Does evidence from ethology support bicoded cognitive maps?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 October 2013

Shane Zappettini  and
Colin Allen
Shane Zappettini
Affiliation:
Program in Cognitive Science and Department of History & Philosophy of Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405. szappett@indiana.edu http://mypage.iu.edu/~szappett/ colallen@indiana.edu http://mypage.iu.edu/~colallen/
Colin Allen
Affiliation:
Program in Cognitive Science and Department of History & Philosophy of Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405. szappett@indiana.edu http://mypage.iu.edu/~szappett/ colallen@indiana.edu http://mypage.iu.edu/~colallen/
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Abstract

The presumption that navigation requires a cognitive map leads to its conception as an abstract computational problem. Instead of loading the question in favor of an inquiry into the metric structure and evolutionary origin of cognitive maps, the task should first be to establish that a map-like representation actually is operative in real animals navigating real environments.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 5 , October 2013 , pp. 570 - 571
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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