From Geometry to Behavior: An Introduction to Spatial Cognition
From Geometry to Behavior: An Introduction to Spatial Cognition
English | 2024 | ISBN: 0262547112 | 328 Pages | PDF (True) | 19 MB
English | 2024 | ISBN: 0262547112 | 328 Pages | PDF (True) | 19 MB
Understanding how we deal with space requires input from many fields, including ethology, neuroscience, psychology, cognitive science, linguistics, geography, and spatial information theory. In From Geometry to Behavior, cognitive neuroscientist Hanspeter A. Mallot provides an overview of the basic mechanisms of spatial behavior in animals and humans, showing how they combine to support higher-level performance. Mallot explores the biological mechanisms of dealing with space, from the perception of visual space to the constructions of large space representations: that is, the cognitive map. The volume is also relevant to the epistemology of spatial knowledge in the philosophy of mind.