ND-0664 · 1971 · Theory or framework
The hippocampus as a spatial map: Preliminary evidence from unit activity in the freely-moving rat
O'Keefe J, Dostrovsky J. Brain Research. 1971.
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Single hippocampal neurons in rats fired only when the animal was in a specific place.
Limitations
Animal mechanism; the human design link is inferred.
Field
Spatial cognition
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