PMID- 11809507
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20020411
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 0166-4328 (Print)
IS  - 0166-4328 (Linking)
VI  - 129
IP  - 1-2
DP  - 2002 Feb 1
TI  - Human place learning in a virtual Morris water task: some important constraints 
      on the flexibility of place navigation.
PG  - 159-70
AB  - We investigated human place learning in a computerized version of the Morris 
      water task (VMWT) under comparable conditions to those employed by Sutherland et 
      al. (Sutherland et al. Psychobiology, 1987;15:48-57) with rats. Participants 
      viewed a computer-generated environment and were trained to locate a hidden goal 
      in one half of a circular pool (region 1). The opportunity to navigate in and 
      view cues from region 2 was systematically varied during training. Participants 
      were then started from region 2 to assess transfer. Accurate transfer performance 
      was dependent upon prior experience viewing distal cues from region 2 while on a 
      trajectory to the goal, a finding we interpret as inconsistent with the automatic 
      formation and modification of a cognitive map (O'Keefe J, Nadel L. The 
      Hippocampus as a cognitive map. Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press, 1978). Additionally, 
      the transfer data reported here closely match the data obtained by Sutherland et 
      al. with rats suggesting some generality in the principles involved in place 
      learning.
FAU - Hamilton, Derek A
AU  - Hamilton DA
AD  - Department of Psychology, Logan Hall, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 
      NM 87131, USA. dahamilt@unm.edu
FAU - Driscoll, Ira
AU  - Driscoll I
FAU - Sutherland, Robert J
AU  - Sutherland RJ
LA  - eng
PT  - Clinical Trial
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Behav Brain Res
JT  - Behavioural brain research
JID - 8004872
SB  - IM
MH  - Acoustic Stimulation
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Computer Simulation
MH  - Cues
MH  - Feedback
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Maze Learning/*physiology
MH  - Orientation/*physiology
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Transfer, Psychology/physiology
EDAT- 2002/01/26 10:00
MHDA- 2002/04/12 10:01
CRDT- 2002/01/26 10:00
PHST- 2002/01/26 10:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2002/04/12 10:01 [medline]
PHST- 2002/01/26 10:00 [entrez]
AID - S0166432801003436 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/s0166-4328(01)00343-6 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Behav Brain Res. 2002 Feb 1;129(1-2):159-70. doi: 10.1016/s0166-4328(01)00343-6.