DocumentCode
2482975
Title
The hippocampus and navigation in rats, robots and humans
Author
Burgess, Neil ; Donnett, James G. ; Keefe, John O.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Anatomy, Univ. Coll. London, UK
fYear
1998
fDate
35838
Firstpage
42614
Lastpage
42616
Abstract
Concerns research into the neural mechanisms of navigation by rats and by humans, by using functional imaging of subjects navigating in a virtual reality town. In this task regional cerebral blood flow in the right hippocampus and right inferior parietal cortex correlates with the accuracy of navigation, and blood flow in the right hippocampus is elevated during navigation compared to following a trail of arrows. The aim is to develop neural net models, which could be used in navigation systems of mobile robots
Keywords
navigation; humans; mobile robots; navigation; neural mechanisms; neural net models; rats; regional cerebral blood flow; right hippocampus; right inferior parietal cortex; virtual reality town;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Self-Learning Robots II: Bio-robotics (Digest No. 1998/248), IEE
Conference_Location
London
Type
conf
DOI
10.1049/ic:19980274
Filename
668397
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