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. 2017 Jun 19;27(12):R599-R600.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.05.012.

Human Navigation: Occipital Place Area Detects Potential Paths in a Scene

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Human Navigation: Occipital Place Area Detects Potential Paths in a Scene

E Z Patai et al. Curr Biol. .
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Navigation - determining how to get from where you are to somewhere else - has obvious importance for the survival of motile animals. A new neuroimaging study has revealed that, in the human brain, the occipital place area detects the number of possible paths in a vista.

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