[lingtalks] Doug Nitz Talk, Monday Feb 11 at 12pm

[Steven Ford]

The UCSD Department of Cognitive Science is pleased to announce a talk by

Douglas A. Nitz Ph.D.

Senior Fellow in Experimental Neurobiology
Clayson Fellow, The Neurosciences Institute


Monday, February 11, 2008 at 12pm
Cognitive Science Building, room 003


"Spatial cognition and the generalization of experience "

At the very core of our ability to interact in the environment is our 
perception of spatial relationships. Spatial cognition is distributed 
across several brain regions and takes on multiple forms which can be 
defined by their frames of reference. In this talk, the presentation of 
experimental work will contrast the allocentric or 'world-centered' mapping 
of spatial position observed for hippocampal neurons with the 
'route-centered' mapping of position observed in parietal cortex. In 
considering spatial activity patterns for each of these structures, special 
attention will be given to pattern overlap as it occurs across behavioral 
and environmental contexts. The potential impact of such overlap on the 
organization of episodic memory and behavioral sequences will be discussed. 
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