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020 _a9780199210862
041 _aeng
082 _a153.752
_bDUD-W
100 _aDudchenko, Paul
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245 _aWhy people get lost:
_b the psychology and neuroscience of spatial cognition /
260 _bOxford University Press,
_c2010.
_aOxford:
300 _a299 p.
505 _a 1. On being lost -- 2. A history of "maze" psychology -- 3. Contemporary studies of spatial cognition-- 4. Human navigation -- 5. Spatial cognition in children -- 6. The hippocampus as a cognitive map -- 7. Place cells and brain imaging -- 8. The neural basis for a sense of direction: head direction neurons -- 9. Alzheimer's disease, the parietal lobe, and topographical disorientation -- 10. Why we get lost.
520 _aAt some point in our lives, most of us have been lost. How does this happen? What are the limits of our ability to find our way? Do we have an innate sense of direction? 'How people get lost' is a exciting exploration of the psychology and neuroscience of how we find our way.
650 _aGEN
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690 _aOrientation (Psychology)
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942 _cBK
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