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Navigation by environmental geometry: The use of zebrafish as a model

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Lee, Sang Ah, Vallortigara, Giorgio, Flore, Michele, Spelke, Elizabeth, Sovrano, Valeria A.·2013·Journal of Experimental Biology
DOI 10.1242/jeb.088625PMC PMC4236227
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Sensitivity to environmental shape in spatial navigation has been found, at both behavioural and neural levels, in virtually every species tested, starting early in development. Moreover, evidence that genetic deletions can cause selective deficits in such navigation behaviours suggests a genetic basis to navigation by environmental geometry. Nevertheless, the geometric computations underlying navigation have not been specified in any species. The present study teases apart the geometric components within the traditionally used rectangular enclosure and finds that zebrafish selectively represent distance and directional relationships between extended boundary surfaces. Similar behavioural results in geometric navigation tasks with human children provide prima facie evidence for similar underlying cognitive computations and open new doors for probing the genetic foundations that give rise to these computations.

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  • A number of studies have demonstrated that teleost fish can rely on the geometry or global shape of the environmental boundaries and surfaces for orientation and navigation.

    “a number of studies have demonstrated also that teleost fish can rely on the geometry or global shape of the environmental boundaries and surfaces for orientation and navigation”

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Metadata

Authors
Lee, S. A., Vallortigara, G., Flore, M., Spelke, E., & Sovrano, V. A.
Affiliations
  • Harvard University (US)
  • University of Trento;
  • University of Trento (IT)
Corresponding author
Lee, Sang Ah
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Experimental Biology
Publisher
The Company of Biologists
Published
2013-01-01
Volume
216
Issue
Pt 19
Pages
3693-9
ISSN
  • 0022-0949 (ISSN-L)
  • 1477-9145
DOI
10.1242/jeb.088625
PMC
PMC4236227
OpenAlex
W2128130002
Cited by
53
References
32
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FWCI
7.79
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Experimental Biology (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Institutional Research Information System (Università degli Studi di Trento) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Spatial Cognition and Navigation
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications
Keywords
environmental geometry, spatial navigation, zebrafish, distance representation, boundary geometry, geometric computation, cognitive development, rectangular enclosure
MeSH terms
Animals, Child, Environment, Female, Humans, Male, Orientation, Space Perception, Spatial Behavior, Zebrafish

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