The Neurobiology of Spatial Behaviour

Edited by K. J. Jeffery

Describes the process of navigation in terms of the underlying brain circuitry and cellular activity
Provides a model for understanding the encoding of knowledge in the brain
With contributions from a top-flight, international author team from across the brain-behaviour divide
Describes navigation in a variety of species

The Neurobiology of Spatial Behaviour

Edited by K. J. Jeffery

Description

This book explores the relationship between cellular processes and animal behavior. It does this by focusing on the domain of navigation, bringing together scientists from either side of the brain-behavior divide in an attempt to explain the linkage between spatial behavior and the underlying activity of neurons.

The Neurobiology of Spatial Behaviour is organized into two sections. Section one deals with the so-called "higher" levels of description - studies of spatial behavior and the brain areas that might underlie such behavior. The section begins with insects, remarkably sophisticated navigators, and ends with humans, examining along the way issues such as whether animal brains contain maps and whether spatial and non-spatial information interact, and if so, how? Section two delves further into the brain and focuses on the mammalian representations of space and the role of place cells.

These issues have far wider ramifications that simply helping us to understand the process of navigation. This system might provide a model for how other forms of knowledge, beliefs and intentions are encoded in neurons. As such, the book will be of interest to an interdisciplinary audience, including ethologists, psychologists, behavioral neuroscientists, computational modelers, physiological neuroscientists and molecular biologists.

The Neurobiology of Spatial Behaviour

Edited by K. J. Jeffery

Preface
From Behaviour to Circuitry: Introduction
1. Path integration in insects, R Wehner and M V Srinivasan
2. A role for the hippocampus in dead reckoning, D Wallace et al
3. How does path integration interact with olfaction, vision and the representation of space?, A S Etienne
4. Contextual cues and insect navigation, T S Collett et al
5. A model of hippocampal-cortical-amygdala interactions based on contextual fear conditioning, B J Wiltgen and M S Fanselow
6. Do animals use maps?, S Healy et al
7. Comparative approaches to human navigation, R F Wang and E S Spelke
8. Studies of the neural basis of human navigation and memory, T Hartley et al
From Circuits to Cells: Introduction
9. The head direction system and navigation, Dudchenko
10. Drawing parallels between the behavioural and neural properties of navigation, B Poucet et al
11. Spatial coding in the hippocampal formation: input, information type, plasticity and behaviour, C Lever et al
12. Hippocampal remapping: implications for spatial learning and navigation, J J Knierim
13. Navigation in the moving world, A A Fenton and J Bures
14. Reading cognitive and other maps: how to avoid getting buried in thought, R Biegler
15. The representation of spatial context, M I Anderson et al
16. Place cells: a framework for episodic memory, E R Wood

The Neurobiology of Spatial Behaviour

Edited by K. J. Jeffery

Author Information

Contributors:

Michael I Anderson, Dept of Psychology, University College London, UK
Robert Biegler, Dept of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science & Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Victoria Braithwaite, Institute of Cell, Animal & Population Biology, University of Edinburgh, UK
Jan Bures, Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
Neil Burgess, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, UK
Stephen Burton, Dept of Anatomy & Developmental Biology, University College London, UK
Francesca Cacucci, Dept of Anatomy & Developmental Biology, University College London, UK
Subhojit Chakroborty, Dept of Psychology, University College London, UK
Thomas S Collett, School of Biological Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
Kyran Dale, School of Biological Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
Paul A Dudchenko, Dept of Psychology, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
Ariane S Etienne, Laboratory of Ethology, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Mike S Fanselow, Dept of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles CA, USA
Karine Fauria, School of Biological Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
Andre A Fenton, Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
Joanna H Gorny, Dept of Psychology & Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Tom Hartley, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, UK
Robin Hayman, Dept of Psychology, University College London, UK
Sue Healy, Institute of Cell, Animal & Population Biology, University of Edinburgh, UK
Dustin J Hines, Dept of Psychology & Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Zoe Hodgson, Institute of Cell, Animal & Population Biology, University of Edinburgh, UK
Kathryn Jeffery, Dept of Psychology, University College London, UK
John A King, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, UK
James J Knierim, Dept of Neurobiology & Anatomy, University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Texas, USA
Pierre-Pascal Lenck-Santini, Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences Cognitives, CNRS, Marseille, France
Colin Lever, Dept of Anatomy & Developmental Biology, University College London, UK
Alastair McClelland, Dept of Psychology, University College London, UK
John O'Keefe, Dept of Anatomy & Developmental Biology, University College London, UK
Bruno Poucet, Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences Cognitives, CNRS, Marseille, France
Etienne Save, Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences Cognitives, CNRS, Marseille, France
Elizabeth S Spelke, Dept of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge MA, USA
Mandayam V Srinivasan, School of Biological Sciences, National University of Australia, Canberra, Australia
Douglas G Wallace, Dept of Psychology & Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Ranxiao F Wang, Dept of Psychology, University of Illinois, Champaign IL, USA
Ruediger Wehner, Dept of Zoology, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Ian Q Whishaw, Dept of Psychology & Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Tom Wills, Dept of Anatomy & Developmental Biology, University College London, UK
Brian J Wiltgen, Dept of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles CA, USA
Emma R Wood, Dept of Neuroscience, University of Edinburgh, UK