Field · 10 records
Spatial cognition
Navigation, cognitive maps, grid coding, landmarks and geometry
family: Core
ND-0043 · 2026 · Systematic mapping review
Toward Evidence-Based Neuroarchitecture: A Systematic Mapping and Framework for Immersive Spatial Cognition
Authors per journal record. Frontiers in Psychology
Maps the human empirical field and shows frequent reliance on questionnaires, behavior and EEG, with lower use of HRV, fMRI and fNIRS.
ND-0049 · 2017 · Experimental study
Walking through Architectural Spaces: The Impact of Interior Forms on Human Brain Dynamics
Djebbara et al. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Brain dynamics changed as participants moved through different interior forms, supporting an embodied rather than purely visual account of architectural experience.
ND-0062 · 2015 · Experimental neuroscience study
Grid cell symmetry is shaped by environmental geometry
Krupic et al. Nature
Grid-cell firing patterns were distorted by environmental geometry, showing that spatial coding is shaped by enclosure boundaries rather than being perfectly metric.
ND-0063 · 2020 · Human VR experiment
Deforming the metric of cognitive maps distorts memory
Authors per journal record. Nature Human Behaviour
Spatial memory and distance judgments were systematically distorted in deformed geometry, consistent with geometry-dependent cognitive maps.
ND-0064 · 2005 · Foundational neurophysiology paper
Microstructure of a spatial map in the entorhinal cortex
Hafting et al. Nature
Identified grid cells with periodic spatial firing patterns in entorhinal cortex.
ND-0065 · 2010 · Human neuroimaging study
Evidence for grid cells in a human memory network
Doeller, Barry & Burgess. Nature
Human entorhinal signals showed six-fold directional modulation consistent with grid-cell-like coding.
ND-0066 · 2006 · Foundational theory/review
The boundary vector cell model of place cell firing and spatial memory
Barry et al. Reviews in the Neurosciences
Proposes that boundaries at specific distances and directions contribute to place-cell firing and spatial memory.
ND-0112 · 2022 · Review
A theory of geometry representations for spatial navigation
Authors per journal record. Progress in Neurobiology
Synthesizes how the brain may represent environmental geometry for navigation across several coding systems.
ND-0113 · 2012 · Review
From Objects to Landmarks: The Function of Visual Location Information in Spatial Navigation
Authors per journal record. Frontiers in Psychology
Landmarks support navigation through both identity and positional information, with effectiveness depending on route and decision context.
ND-0114 · 2026 · Review
(Remembering) Vector Coding of Boundaries and Objects in the Subiculum
Colin Lever. Hippocampus
Reviews vector coding of environmental boundaries and objects in hippocampal-related systems.