Role of orientation and surface properties in spatial learning

方向和表面特性在空间学习中的作用

• 批准号: 222866-2008
• 负责人: Skinner, Darlene
• 金额: $ 1.89万
• 依托单位: Memorial University of Newfoundland
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2010-01-01 至 2011-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=454416
• 关键词: Role; orientation; surface; properties; spatial

The human hippocampus plays a vital role in memory, particularly episodic memory. In animals, this same structure is critical for spatial learning and memory. The main goal of my research program is to understand the behavioral strategies used by animals in spatial learning and navigation, with the ultimate goal of finding commonalities in hippocampal function across species. Animals have a variety of strategies available to locate themselves and other objects in their spatial environment. They can approach a single cue (i.e., beacon) that predicts the location of a goal, they can use the relationship among multiple cues in the environment, they can go in a particular direction (i.e., west), they can use information obtained in the process of self-movement (path integration), or they can use the shape/geometry of their environment. My recent work suggests that orientation (or direction) and surface properties of an apparatus are particularly important to successful spatial learning. The aim of the present research proposal is to understand how these factors interact to produce successful navigation in animals.

人类海马在记忆中起着至关重要的作用，尤其是情节记忆。在动物中，这种相同的结构对于空间学习和记忆至关重要。我的研究计划的主要目的是了解动物在空间学习和导航中使用的行为策略，其最终目标是在物种跨物种的海马功能中找到共同点。动物有多种策略可在空间环境中找到自己和其他物体。他们可以接近一个预测目标位置的单个提示（即信标），他们可以使用环境中多个提示之间的关系，它们可以朝特定的方向（即西方）朝着自我运动（路径集成）中获得的信息朝着特定的方向发展，或者可以利用环境的形状/几何形状。我最近的工作表明，设备的方向（或方向）和表面特性对于成功的空间学习尤其重要。本研究建议的目的是了解这些因素如何相互作用以在动物中成功导航。