title: Behavioral match evaluation of spatial cognition in rats and robots.
abstract: In this paper we present a comparative behavioral analysis of spatial cognition in rats and robots by contrasting a similar goal-oriented task in a cyclical maze, where a computational system-level model of rat spatial cognition is used integrating kinesthetic and visual information to produce a cognitive map of the environment and drive robot experimentation. A discussion of experiments in rats and robots is presented contrasting learning latency while characterizing behavioral procedures such as body rotations during navigation and election of routes to the goal.
authors: Computer Engineering Department at Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México. Río Hondo #1, Progreso Tizapán, CP 01080, México D. F., México. abarrera@itam.mx
authors: Alejandra
authors: A
authors: Barrera
authors: Alfredo
authors: A
authors: Weitzenfeld
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D001698:Biomedical Engineering; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006185:Habituation, Psychophysiologic / Q000502:physiology; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D018782:Maze Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D008959:Models, Neurological; D008960:Models, Psychological; D051381:Rats; D012371:Robotics / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data