ERC Starting Grant · 2023
Structuring spatial knowledge through domain-general, non-spatial learning mechanisms
Is space the main organizer of our mental reality? The answer to this question is apparently "yes". According to recent views, nearly any type of knowledge would be organized through low-dimensional geometries relying on the same computations that are at play in the navigation of the physical space, as attested by the involvement of the hippocampal-entorhinal region in high-level cognition. From an evolutionary standpoint, spatial processing mechanisms might have thus developed from originally mapping the navigable environment to representing cognitive spaces. Moving beyond this spatiocentric view of the human mind, OutOfSpace will test the fascinating yet apparently counterintuitive…
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