What is a allocentric space?
Observer independent: Same regardless of who the observer is
Identifiable environmental features: Visual landmarks
What is an egocentric space?
Observer depended: focuses on observer
Location-based spatial information uses…
fixed point references
movement-based spatial information uses…
generated by own movements
What is piloting (location-based)
using current positon estimated from distance and direction to landmarks
What is beacon homing (location-based)
Travelling directly toward a fixed landmark
What is movement-based information?
Uses of movement cues to create a cognitive map