title: Spatial cognition: a tabula rasa for the sense of direction.
abstract: Two recent studies have shown that neurons which fire in a compass-like way--head direction cells--are present before rat pups open their eyes. Upon eye opening, the firing direction of these cells is anchored rapidly to visual landmarks.
authors.affiliation: University of Stirling, Psychology, School of Natural Sciences, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK. Electronic address: p.a.dudchenko@stir.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Paul A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Dudchenko