Browsing FAS Scholarly Articles by Keyword "navigation"

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    • Cognitive Effects of Language on Human Navigation 

      Shusterman, Anna; Lee, Sang Ah; Spelke, Elizabeth S. (Elsevier, 2011)
      Language has been linked to spatial representation and behavior in humans, but the nature of this effect is debated. Here, we test whether simple verbal expressions improve 4-year-old children’s performance in a disoriented ...

    • Navigational strategies underlying phototaxis in larval zebrafish 

      Chen, Xiuye; Engert, Florian (Frontiers Media S.A., 2014)
      Understanding how the brain transforms sensory input into complex behavior is a fundamental question in systems neuroscience. Using larval zebrafish, we study the temporal component of phototaxis, which is defined as ...

    • Sensory determinants of behavioral dynamics in Drosophila thermotaxis 

      Klein, Mason Joseph; Afonso, Bruno; Vonner, Ashley James; Hernandez-Nunez, Luis; Berck, Matthew E; Tabone, Christopher; Kane, Elizabeth Anne; Pieribone, Vincent A.; Nitabach, Michael N.; Cardona, Albert; Zlatic, Marta; Sprecher, Simon G.; Gershow, Marc; Garrity, Paul A.; Samuel, Aravinthan DT (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2014)
      Complex animal behaviors are built from dynamical relationships between sensory inputs, neuronal activity, and motor outputs in patterns with strategic value. Connecting these patterns illuminates how nervous systems compute ...