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SUMMARY:Neural Systems for Navigation - Dr. Hugo Spiers\,  Senior Lecturer
  in Behavioural Neuroscience\, UCL Institute of Behavioural Neuroscience\,
  Experimental Psychology\, University College London
DTSTART:20141031T150000Z
DTEND:20141031T163000Z
UID:TALK53479@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Louise White
DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\n\nMuch is known about how neural systems determine 
 current spatial position and orientation in the environment. By contrast l
 ittle is understood about how the brain represents future goal locations o
 r computes the distance and direction to such goals. Recent electrophysiol
 ogy\, computational modelling and neuroimaging research has shed new light
  on how the spatial relationship to a goal may be determined and represent
 ed during navigation. This research suggests that the hippocampus may code
  the path to the goal while the entorhinal cortex represents the vector to
  the goal. It also reveals that the engagement of the hippocampus and ento
 rhinal cortex varies across the different operational stages of navigation
 \, such as during travel\, route planning\, and decision-making at waypoin
 ts. \n\nBio: Dr Spiers uses human neuroimaging and rodent single unit reco
 rding to explore the neural mechanisms of spatial cognition and memory. He
  is a senior lecturer in the Department of Experimental Psychology at UCL 
 and directs a research group in the UCL Institute of Behavioural Neuroscie
 nce. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/spierslab\n\n
LOCATION:Ground Floor Lecture Theatre\, Department of Psychology
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