John O'Keefe

As Long As You Wish

Kathryn J. Jeffery

Neil Burgess

As we move around in our environment, and interact with it, many of the most important problems we face involve the processing of spatial information. We have to be able to navigate by perceiving and remembering the locations and orientations of the objects around us relative to ourself; wehave to sense and act upon these objects; and we need to move through space to position ourselves in favourable locations or to avoid dangerous ones. While this appears so simple that we don't even think about it, the difficulty of solving these problems has been shown in the repeated failure ofartificial systems to perform these kinds of tasks efficiently. In contrast, humans and other animals routinely overcome these problems every single day. This book examines some of the neural substrates and mechanisms that support these remarkable abilities. The hippocampus and the parietal cortexhave been implicated in various core spatial behaviours, such as the ability to localise an object and navigate to it. Damage to these areas in humans and animals leads to impairment of these spatial functions. This collection of papers, written by internationally recognized experts in the field,reviews the evidence that each area is involved in spatial cognition, examines the mechanisms underlying the generation of spatial behaviours, and considers the relative roles of the parietal and hippocampal areas, including how each interacts with the other. The papers integrate a wide range oftheoretical and experimental approaches, and touch on broader issues relating to memory and imagery. As such, this book represents the state of the art of current research into the neural basis of spatial cognition. It should be of interest to anyone - researchers or graduate students - working inthe areas of cognitive neuroscience, neuroanatomy, neuropsychology, and cognition generally.

The Hippocampal and Parietal Foundations of Spatial Cognition

Victor the virgin, Alexander the coward, Guinevere the lady, Aphrodite the slut and Keller the professor all have one thing in common. This Halloween weekend they are going to "Mares Rest," the house that's cursed. To survive, they must depend upon Madam Rue, whose powers extend beyond the spread of the tarot cards; Ezera the mortician, with a secret to hide; and Max the ex-cop, who hates Keller. Love, broken hearts, growing up and walking out of the mansion the morning after are just the beginning of their problems. The author weaves his tapestry carefully for surprise after surprise. Become one of "the three that protect the one in life, so the one may protect the four from Death!"

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