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Analysis of spatial learning

Reference	S13755
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Mark Good
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Professor John Martindale Pearce
Institution	Cardiff University
Department	Sch of Psychology
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	175,224
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/01/2001
End date	01/01/2004
Duration	36 months

Abstract

Experiments have shown that hippocampal lesions can disrupt some types of spatial behaviour, but not others. This project will examine the proposal that the hippocampus is important for navigation based on cognitive maps, or geometric representations, but not for navigation where the position of a goal is identified by its direction and distance from a single landmark (a landmark vector). This proposal will be tested by examining the effects of hippocampal lesions on tasks where a hidden goal can be found either by reference to the geometric properties of the environment, or by reference to its position relative to a single landmark. Other experiments will examine the contribution of additional neural structures to spatial behaviour.

Summary

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Committee	Closed Committee - Animal Sciences (AS)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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