PSYC211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Temporal Lobe, Spatial Memory, Episodic Memory
7 Mar 2017
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Egocentric space: the frame of reference is the individual e. g. left/right, in front of me. Allocentric space: the frame of reference is the external world e. g. north, south, to the east of the tree. between the tree and the house. Egocentric space is where it is relative to the individuals location and orientation. If you legion the hippocampus, the rats cannot pilot and find where they are relative to landmarks. They can beacon home pretty well without a hippocampus. There are different navigational demands and therefore the size of the hippocampus is different. It can take 4 years of training to learn london"s. She found taxi drivers had an increased posterior hippocampal volume in taxi drivers compared to controls. (maguire ea, et al) The role of anterior and posterior hippocampus is important in humans. Posterior is more important in navigation and spacial tasks.
