Cognitive Processes and Spatial Orientation in Animal and Man : Volume I Experimental Animal Psychology and Ethology

"These volumes represent the proceedings of NATO Advanced Study Institute on the topic of "Cognitive Processes and Spatial Orientation in Animal and Man" held at La-Baume-les-Aix, Aix-en-Provence, France, in June-July 1985. The motivation underlying this Institute stemmed from the recent advances and interest in the problems of spatial behavior. In Psychology, traditional S-R concepts were found to be unsatisfactorY for fully accounting for the complexity of spatial behavior. Coupled with the decline in such an approach, has been a resurgence of interest in cognitive types of concepts. In Ethology, investigators have begun to use more sophisticated methods for the study of homing and navigational behaviors. In the general area of Neuroscience, marked advances have been achieved in the understanding of the neural mechanisms underlying spatial behaviors. And finally, there has been a burgeoning interest and body of knowledge concerning the development of spatial behavior in humans. All of these factors combined to suggest the necessity of bringing together scientists working in these areas with the intent that such a meeting might lead to a cross-fertilization of the various areas. Possibly by providing a context in which members of the various disciplines could interact, it was felt that we might increase the likelihood of identifying those similarities and differences in the concepts and methods common to all groups. Such an identification could provide the basis for a subsequent interdisciplinary research effort"--Font no determinada Front Matter....Pages I-XVI The Cognitive Map Concept and its Consequences....Pages 1-19 Cognitive Mechanisms in Animal Problem-Solving....Pages 20-35 Front Matter....Pages 37-37 Behavior in Relation to Objects in Space: Some Historical Perspectives....Pages 39-54 Behavior as a Locationist Views it....Pages 55-72 Local Cues and Distal Arrays in the Control of Spatial Behavior....Pages 73-88 A Comparative Approach to Cognitive Mapping....Pages 89-96 Detour and Shortcut Abilities in Several Species of Mammals....Pages 97-106 Movement Through Space and Spatially Organized Behavior....Pages 107-113 Study of Cognitive Processes Used by Dogs in Spatial Tasks....Pages 114-123 Role of the Spatial Structure in Multiple Choice Problem-Solving by Golden Hamsters....Pages 124-134 Memory Properties of Spatial Behaviours in Cats and Hamsters....Pages 135-146 The Role of Intramaze Stimuli in Spatial Problem Solving....Pages 147-152 Rats Use the Geometry of Surfaces for Navigation....Pages 153-159 Dissociation Between Components of Spatial Memory in the Rat During Ontogeny....Pages 160-167 Spatial and Nonspatial Strategies in the Orientation of the Rat....Pages 168-173 Front Matter....Pages 175-175 Neuroethology: Toward a Functional Analysis of Stimulus-Response Mediating and Modulating Neural Circuitries....Pages 177-200 Cognitive Maps and Navigation in Homing Pigeons....Pages 201-216 Accuracy of Map-Building and Navigation by Humans during ‘Natural’ Exploration: Relative Roles of Magnetoreception and Vision....Pages 217-232 The Control of Short-Distance Homing in the Golden Hamster....Pages 233-251 Cognitive Map Size and Homing Behavior....Pages 252-265 Front Matter....Pages 175-175 The Heuristic Value of Visual Spatial Orientation in Insects....Pages 266-274 Pigeon Homing and the Avian Hippocampal Complex: A Complementary Spatial Behavior Paradigm....Pages 275-283 Effectiveness and Limitation of Random Search in Homing Behaviour....Pages 284-294 Foraging and Social Behaviour of Ungulates: Proposals for a Mathematical Model....Pages 295-304 Spatial Memory in Food-Storing Birds....Pages 305-321 Back Matter....Pages 323-331 Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, La-Baume-les-Aix (Aix-en-Provence), France, June 27-July 7, 1985