The evolution of the cognitive map
The evolution of the cognitive map
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DOI：
10.1159/000072443
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发表时间：
2003-01-01
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1.7
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Jacobs, LF
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作者：
Jacobs, LF
哺乳动物和鸟类的海马结构介导的空间定向行为与地图样表示一致，这使得导航员能够在不熟悉的地形上构建新的路线。因此，这种认知地图似乎是长距离导航的基础。它通过海马结构介导，并存在于鸟类和哺乳动物中，这表明祖先内侧腭板至少有一个功能是空间导航。最近对金鱼和某些爬行动物物种的研究表明，这些物种的内侧软腭同源物也可以在空间定位中发挥重要作用。然而，目前尚不清楚是否在这些群体中或实际上在所有脊椎动物中发现了一种类型的认知地图。为了回答这个问题，我们需要对地图有一个更精确的定义。最近提出的海马功能的平行地图理论提供了一个新的视角，通过解开哺乳动物的认知地图到两个分离的映射过程，介导不同的海马子字段。如果非哺乳动物的认知地图是以类似的方式构建的，平行地图理论可能有助于分析同源性，无论是在行为和功能的内侧腭板亚区。版权所有（C）2003 S. Karger AG，巴塞尔。
The hippocampal formation of mammals and birds mediates spatial orientation behaviors consistent with a map-like representation, which allows the navigator to construct a new route across unfamiliar terrain. This cognitive map thus appears to underlie long-distance navigation. Its mediation by the hippocampal formation and its presence in birds and mammals suggests that at least one function of the ancestral medial pallium was spatial navigation. Recent studies of the goldfish and certain reptile species have shown that the medial pallium homologue in these species can also play an important role in spatial orientation. It is not yet clear, however, whether one type of cognitive map is found in these groups or indeed in all vertebrates. To answer this question, we need a more precise definition of the map. The recently proposed parallel map theory of hippocampal function provides a new perspective on this question, by unpacking the mammalian cognitive map into two dissociable mapping processes, mediated by different hippocampal subfields. If the cognitive map of non-mammals is constructed in a similar manner, the parallel map theory may facilitate the analysis of homologies, both in behavior and in the function of medial pallium subareas. Copyright (C) 2003 S. Karger AG, Basel.