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Conjoining information from different modules: A comparative perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 August 2003

Giorgio Vallortigara  and
Valeria Anna Sovrano
Giorgio Vallortigara
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology and B.R.A.I.N. Centre for Neuroscience, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italyvallorti@univ.trieste.it
Valeria Anna Sovrano
Affiliation:
Department of General Psychology, University of Padua, Padua, Italysovrano@mail.psy.unipd.it
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Abstract

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The hypothesis that nonhuman species, lacking verbal language, do not really integrate information from different modules, but use instead information sequentially, appears difficult to put under empirical scrutiny. Evidence is discussed showing that in nonhuman species storing of geometric information occurs spontaneously even when landmark information suffices for spatial reorientation, suggesting simultaneous encoding, if not use, of information from different modules.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 25 , Issue 6 , December 2002 , pp. 701 - 702
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© 2002 Cambridge University Press