spatial memory
Mental map ability
Spatial memory is the cognitive faculty for encoding, storing, and retrieving information about locations and spatial relationships.
It enables you to navigate familiar routes, remember where you parked, or find your way back to a campsite.
Her spatial memory was remarkable—she never needed GPS.
The hippocampus plays a central role in spatial memory formation.
- place cellsNeurons encoding spatial position
- entorhinal cortexMedial temporal lobe structure
- hippocampusMemory formation region
- mental mappingInternal spatial representation
- mental mapInternalized spatial representation
navigation · retrieval · wayfinding · Alzheimer's disease · encoding · neural plasticity · neurogenesis · cognitive decline · brain fog · parietal lobe · amnesia · route planning · sense of direction · storage · attention · directions · getting lost · GPS
- memory trainingmemorization, mnemonics, card matching, flashcards, concentration
- Neuropsychologycognition, cognitive test, executive function, attention, brain injury
- spatial skillsmental rotation, depth perception, perspective taking, mental mapping, cognitive maps
- animal cognitionlearning, problem solving, reasoning, attention, decision making
- spatial perceptiondepth perception, binocular vision, stereopsis, visual field, peripheral vision
- behavioral testscognitive tests, Skinner box, puzzle box, operant conditioning, startle response