spatial navigation

collocation in English

meaningsofspatialandnavigation

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spatial
adjective
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/ˈspeɪ.ʃəl/us
/ˈspeɪ.ʃəl/
relating to the position, area, and size ...
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navigation
noun[U]
uk
/ˌnæv.ɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌnæv.əˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
transport
the act of directing a ship, aircraft, etc. from one place to another, or the science of finding a way from one place ...
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(Definition ofspatialandnavigationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Deficits have been observed on measures of skilled reaching behavior andspatialnavigation, two critical aspects of rodent cognition.
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These researchers further argue that these cortical areas use non-spatial clues forspatialnavigation, which is important in relation to new concepts of hippocampal function described below.
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Imaging studies have shown that the hippocampus plays an important role inspatialnavigationand episodic memories.
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It belongs to the limbic system and plays important roles in the consolidation of information from short-term memory to long-term memory andspatialnavigation.
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The hippocampal formation is thought to play a role in memory,spatialnavigationand control of attention.
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The hippocampus is a portion of the limbic system responsible for memory andspatialnavigation.
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Gadd45 facilitates hippocampal long-term potentiation and enhances persisting memory for motor performance, aversive conditioning, andspatialnavigation.
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The phenomenon has mostly been observed in the hippocampus, a brain region associated with memory andspatialnavigation.
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Maternal experience alters behaviors which stem from the hippocampus such as enhancingspatialnavigationlearning and behaviors linked with anxiety.
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Other studies have shown that rats with elevated neocortical acetylcholine levels have significantly improved performance onspatialnavigationtasks.
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It is implicated in the role of memory andspatialnavigation.
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The hippocampus is a major component of the brain that belongs in the limbic system and consolidates information from short-term memory to long-term memory andspatialnavigation.
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Amnesic patients with damage to the hippocampus can not learn or remember spatial layouts and patients having undergone hippocampal removal are severely impaired inspatialnavigation.
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In a mouse model of the disease, the drug strengthened nerve connections in the hippocampus, a brain center used forspatialnavigation, paying attention and forming new memories.
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