Spatial learning and geometry. Amphibians in the evolution of the brain cognitive systems
This article presents a comparative review of the works that have studied the spatial learning in vertebrates using geometry information and visual cues from the environment. We describe experiments conducted in our laboratory showing spatial navigation learning in amphibians and their dependence on...
| Main Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Online |
| Language: | spa |
| Published: |
Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
2015
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/racc/article/view/11370 |
| _version_ | 1811171406796292096 |
|---|---|
| author | Sotelo, María Inés Muzio, Rubén Néstor |
| author_facet | Sotelo, María Inés Muzio, Rubén Néstor |
| author_sort | Sotelo, María Inés |
| collection | Portal de Revistas |
| description | This article presents a comparative review of the works that have studied the spatial learning in vertebrates using geometry information and visual cues from the environment. We describe experiments conducted in our laboratory showing spatial navigation learning in amphibians and their dependence on a functional medial pallium (homologous area to the mammalian hippocampus). The results indicate that these animals use both the information provided by the geometry as visual cues, but when both types of reference are presented in conflict they prefer geometry to orient (as results found in amniotes). Broadly, these findings suggest that the ability to orient in space is a characteristic evolutionarily preserved and support the idea that the role of the hippocampus in spatial cognition precedes the evolution of fully terrestrial vertebrates. |
| format | Online |
| id | oai:ojs.revistas.unc.edu.ar:article-11370 |
| institution | Universidad Nacional de Cordoba |
| language | spa |
| publishDate | 2015 |
| publisher | Universidad Nacional de Córdoba |
| record_format | ojs |
| spelling | oai:ojs.revistas.unc.edu.ar:article-113702019-05-31T18:30:48Z Spatial learning and geometry. Amphibians in the evolution of the brain cognitive systems Aprendizaje espacial y geometría. Los anfibios en la evolución de los sistemas cognitivos cerebrales Sotelo, María Inés Muzio, Rubén Néstor aprendizaje espacial y geometría anfibios pallium medial hipocampo evolución de sistemas cognitivos cerebrales Psicobiología Psicología Experimental spatial learning and geometry amphibians medial pallium hippocampus evolution of brain cognitive systems This article presents a comparative review of the works that have studied the spatial learning in vertebrates using geometry information and visual cues from the environment. We describe experiments conducted in our laboratory showing spatial navigation learning in amphibians and their dependence on a functional medial pallium (homologous area to the mammalian hippocampus). The results indicate that these animals use both the information provided by the geometry as visual cues, but when both types of reference are presented in conflict they prefer geometry to orient (as results found in amniotes). Broadly, these findings suggest that the ability to orient in space is a characteristic evolutionarily preserved and support the idea that the role of the hippocampus in spatial cognition precedes the evolution of fully terrestrial vertebrates. En este artículo se realiza una revisión comparativa de los trabajos que han estudiado el aprendizaje espacial en vertebrados usando información de la geometría y las claves visuales del ambiente. Se describen experimentos realizados en nuestro laboratorio que muestran aprendizaje de navegación espacial en anfibios y su dependencia de un Pallium Medial funciónal (área homóloga al hipocampo de los mamíferos). Los resultados obtenidos indican que estos animales utilizan tanto la información brindada por la geometría como por las claves visuales, pero que cuando ambos tipos de referencia se presentan en conflicto prefieren para orientarse la información geométrica (al igual que los resultados hallados en amniotas). Globalmente, estas evidencias indican que la habilidad de orientarse en el espacio es una característica conservada evolutivamente y apoyan la idea de que el papel del hipocampo en la cognición espacial precede a la evolución de los vertebrados plenamente terrestres. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba 2015-12-15 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Psicología Comparada application/pdf application/msword https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/racc/article/view/11370 10.32348/1852.4206.v7.n3.11370 Argentinean Journal of Behavioral Sciences; Vol. 7 No. 3 (2015): Revista Argentina de Ciencias del Comportamiento; 64-78 Revista Argentina de Ciencias del Comportamiento; Vol. 7 Núm. 3 (2015): Revista Argentina de Ciencias del Comportamiento; 64-78 1852-4206 10.32348/1852.4206.v7.n3 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/racc/article/view/11370/Sotelo2 https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/racc/article/view/11370/25448 Derechos de autor 2015 María Inés Sotelo, Rubén Néstor Muzio |
| spellingShingle | aprendizaje espacial y geometría anfibios pallium medial hipocampo evolución de sistemas cognitivos cerebrales Psicobiología Psicología Experimental spatial learning and geometry amphibians medial pallium hippocampus evolution of brain cognitive systems Sotelo, María Inés Muzio, Rubén Néstor Spatial learning and geometry. Amphibians in the evolution of the brain cognitive systems |
| title | Spatial learning and geometry. Amphibians in the evolution of the brain cognitive systems |
| title_alt | Aprendizaje espacial y geometría. Los anfibios en la evolución de los sistemas cognitivos cerebrales |
| title_full | Spatial learning and geometry. Amphibians in the evolution of the brain cognitive systems |
| title_fullStr | Spatial learning and geometry. Amphibians in the evolution of the brain cognitive systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Spatial learning and geometry. Amphibians in the evolution of the brain cognitive systems |
| title_short | Spatial learning and geometry. Amphibians in the evolution of the brain cognitive systems |
| title_sort | spatial learning and geometry amphibians in the evolution of the brain cognitive systems |
| topic | aprendizaje espacial y geometría anfibios pallium medial hipocampo evolución de sistemas cognitivos cerebrales Psicobiología Psicología Experimental spatial learning and geometry amphibians medial pallium hippocampus evolution of brain cognitive systems |
| topic_facet | aprendizaje espacial y geometría anfibios pallium medial hipocampo evolución de sistemas cognitivos cerebrales Psicobiología Psicología Experimental spatial learning and geometry amphibians medial pallium hippocampus evolution of brain cognitive systems |
| url | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/racc/article/view/11370 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT sotelomariaines spatiallearningandgeometryamphibiansintheevolutionofthebraincognitivesystems AT muziorubennestor spatiallearningandgeometryamphibiansintheevolutionofthebraincognitivesystems AT sotelomariaines aprendizajeespacialygeometrialosanfibiosenlaevoluciondelossistemascognitivoscerebrales AT muziorubennestor aprendizajeespacialygeometrialosanfibiosenlaevoluciondelossistemascognitivoscerebrales |