ReviewJournal of cognitive neuroscience2013
Is navigation in virtual reality with FMRI really navigation?
Review in Journal of cognitive neuroscience, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 72 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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72 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Common and specific activations supporting optic flow processing and navigation as revealed by a meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies.Brain structure & function · 2024Pooled it
- Characterizing the supraspinal sensorimotor control of walking using MRI-compatible system: a systematic review.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2024Pooled it
- Egocentric and Allocentric Spatial Memory in Mild Cognitive Impairment with Real-World and Virtual Navigation Tasks: A Systematic Review.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2021Pooled it
- Effects of estrogen on spatial navigation and memory.Psychopharmacology · 2024Trial
- The Spatial Similarity Task: A cross-species approach to spatial memory.Behavior research methods · 2026Article
- Ambulation improves memory for rotated scenes.Memory & cognition · 2026Article
- Divergent neural representations of space and task between physical and virtual navigation in macaques.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Preference for directional responding in a virtual Morris water task is associated with increased precuneus activation in adolescent humans.Behavioural brain research · 2026Article
- Mobile eye tracking in the real world: Best practices.Journal of vision · 2026Article
- Spontaneous Oscillatory Activity in Episodic Timing: An EEG Replication Study and Its Limitations.eNeuro · 2026Article
- Video games as stimuli in neuroimaging studies: a minireview.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026Review
- A map of the cortical functional network mediating naturalistic navigation.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Theta Activity Supports Landmark-Based Correction of Naturalistic Human Path Integration.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025Article
- A cognitive-motor framework for spatial navigation in aging and early-stage Alzheimer's disease.Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior · 2025Review
- Electrophysiological signatures of veridical head direction in humans.Nature human behaviour · 2024Article
- Spindle-locked ripples mediate memory reactivation during human NREM sleep.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Changes in spatial self-consciousness elicit grid cell-like representation in the entorhinal cortex.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
- An experimental framework for conjoint measures of olfaction, navigation, and motion as pre-clinical biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease.Journal of Alzheimer's disease reports · 2024Review
- Bodily and Visual-Cognitive Navigation Aids to Enhance Spatial Recall in Mild Cognitive Impairment.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2024Article
- Neurocognitive Adaptations for Spatial Orientation and Navigation in Astronauts.Brain sciences · 2023Article
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Abstract
Identifying the neural mechanisms underlying spatial orientation and navigation has long posed a challenge for researchers. Multiple approaches incorporating a variety of techniques and animal models have been used to address this issue. More recently, virtual navigation has become a popular tool for understanding navigational processes. Although combining this technique with functional imaging can provide important information on many aspects of spatial navigation, it is important to recognize some of the limitations these techniques have for gaining a complete understanding of the neural mechanisms of navigation. Foremost among these is that, when participants perform a virtual navigation task in a scanner, they are lying motionless in a supine position while viewing a video monitor. Here, we provide evidence that spatial orientation and navigation rely to a large extent on locomotion and its accompanying activation of motor, vestibular, and proprioceptive systems. Researchers should therefore consider the impact on the absence of these motion-based systems when interpreting virtual navigation/functional imaging experiments to achieve a more accurate understanding of the mechanisms underlying navigation.
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