Spatial memory

In cognitive psychology and neuroscience, spatial memory is a form of memory responsible for the recording and recovery of information needed to plan a course to a location and to recall the location of an object or the occurrence of an event.^[1] Spatial memory is necessary for orientation in space.^[2]^[3] Spatial memory can also be divided into egocentric and allocentric spatial memory.^[4] A person's spatial memory is required to navigate in a familiar city. A rat's spatial memory is needed to learn the location of food at the end of a maze. In both humans and animals, spatial memories are summarized as a cognitive map.^[5]

Spatial memory has representations within working, short-term memory and long-term memory. Research indicates that there are specific areas of the brain associated with spatial memory.^[6] Many methods are used for measuring spatial memory in children, adults, and animals.^[5]

^ Burgess, Neil (2021). Spatial memory. Encyclopædia Britannica.
^ Morgan, Michael M.; et al. (2010). "Spatial Memory in Humans". Encyclopedia of Psychopharmacology. pp. 1262–1266. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-68706-1_355. ISBN 978-3-540-68698-9.
^ Pritchard, David J. (2019). "Spatial Memory". Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior. pp. 320–326. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-809633-8.90082-7. ISBN 978-0-12-813252-4.
^ Kolarik, B.; Ekstrom, A. (2015). "The Neural Underpinnings of Spatial Memory and Navigation". Brain Mapping. pp. 507–514. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-397025-1.00277-3. ISBN 978-0-12-397316-0.
^ ^a ^b Wang, Jin-Hu (2019). Associative Memory Cells: Basic Units of Memory Trace. Springer Nature. p. 94. ISBN 978-9811395017.
^ Poeppel, David; Mangun, George R.; Gazzaniga, Michael S. (2020). The Cognitive Neurosciences. The MIT Press. p. 194. ISBN 978-0262043250.

[Burgess-1] Burgess, Neil (2021). Spatial memory. Encyclopædia Britannica.

[2] Morgan, Michael M.; et al. (2010). "Spatial Memory in Humans". Encyclopedia of Psychopharmacology. pp. 1262–1266. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-68706-1_355. ISBN 978-3-540-68698-9.

[3] Pritchard, David J. (2019). "Spatial Memory". Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior. pp. 320–326. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-809633-8.90082-7. ISBN 978-0-12-813252-4.

[4] Kolarik, B.; Ekstrom, A. (2015). "The Neural Underpinnings of Spatial Memory and Navigation". Brain Mapping. pp. 507–514. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-397025-1.00277-3. ISBN 978-0-12-397316-0.

[Wang-5] Wang, Jin-Hu (2019). Associative Memory Cells: Basic Units of Memory Trace. Springer Nature. p. 94. ISBN 978-9811395017.

[Poeppel-6] Poeppel, David; Mangun, George R.; Gazzaniga, Michael S. (2020). The Cognitive Neurosciences. The MIT Press. p. 194. ISBN 978-0262043250.

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