title: The developmental origins of spatial navigation: are we headed in the right direction?
abstract: Navigation depends upon neural systems that monitor spatial location and head orientation. Recent developmental findings have led some to conclude that these systems are innate. Such claims are premature. But also, there are more meaningful ways to arrive at answers about developmental origins than by invoking the outdated nature-nurture dichotomy.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Psychology and Biology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. Electronic address: mark-blumberg@uiowa.edu.
authors.forename: Mark S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Blumberg
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006257:Head / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D009949:Orientation / Q000502:physiology*; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D013037:Spatial Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D065854:Spatial Navigation / Q000502:physiology*