Path Integration In Mammals & Its Interaction With Visual Landmarks
PATH INTEGRATION IN MAMMALS AND ITS INTERACTION WITH VISUAL LANDMARKS
ARIANE S. ETIENNE, ROLAND MAURER AND VALÉRIE SÉGUINOT
Laboratoire d’Ethologie, FPSE, Université de Genève, 54 route des Acacias, 1227 Carouge, Switzerland
The Journal of Experimental Biology 199, 201–209 (1996) 201 Printed in Great Britain
© The Company of Biologists Limited 1996 JEB0112
This article introduced me to the concept of Path integration or Dead reckoning.
Path integration, also termed ‘dead reckoning’, is a navigational process by which signals generated during locomotion allow the subject to update its position in relation to its point of departure. p.201