Human path navigation in a three-dimensional world

Behav Brain Sci. 2013 Oct;36(5):544-5; discussion 571-87. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X13000319.

Abstract

Jeffery et al. propose a non-uniform representation of three-dimensional space during navigation. Fittingly, we recently revealed asymmetries between horizontal and vertical path integration in humans. We agree that representing navigation in more than two dimensions increases computational load and suggest that tendencies to maintain upright head posture may help constrain computational processing, while distorting neural representation of three-dimensional navigation.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cognition / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Models, Neurological*
  • Space Perception / physiology*
  • Spatial Behavior*