Everything about Cognitive map
Mental representation of information
A cognitive map is a type of mental representation used by an individual to order their personal store of information about their everyday or metaphorical spatial environment, and the relationship of its component parts. The concept was introduced by Edward Tolman in 1948. He tried to explain the behavior of rats that appeared to learn the spatial layout of a maze, and subsequently the concept was applied to other animals, including humans. The term was later generalized by some researchers, especially in the field of operations research, to refer to a kind of semantic network representing an individual's personal knowledge or schemas. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Cognitive mapA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Exploration patterns shape cognitive map learningInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: The Mind Map BookThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Cognitive maps in rats and men.Cited 5,002 times
- Go sideways: Grid cellA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Spatial memoryA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Cognitive maps in rats and men.
How to build a cognitive map
Unpacking the cognitive map: The parallel map theory of hippocampal function.
Hippocampus: cognitive map or working memory?
Dynamical cognitive network - an extension of fuzzy cognitive map
The cognitive map as a hippocampus
The Skeleton In The Cognitive Map
The Evolution of the Cognitive Map
🆕 Influential since 2022
Exploration patterns shape cognitive map learning
Cognitive map formation through tactile map navigation in visually impaired and sighted persons
Acoustic cognitive map–based navigation in echolocating bats
Broad fuzzy cognitive map systems for time series classification
Fuzzy Cognitive Map-Driven Comprehensive Time-Series Classification
📚 Books worth reading
The Mind Map BookTony Buzan, Barry Buzan · 1993
Learning, creating, and using knowledgeJoseph D. Novak · 1998
ConnectomeSebastian Seung · 2012
The cognitive neuroscience of memoryAmanda Parker · 2002
Image and environmentRoger M. Downs, David Stea · 1973
What it's like to be a dogGregory Berns · 2017
Beyond Neural Correlates of ConsciousnessMorten Overgaard, Jesper Mogensen · 2018
Cognitive neuroscienceMichael D. Rugg · 1997
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