ABSTRACT
This chapter suggest that motor information is integrated in spatial cognition, and that a ‘efferent copy’ from brain areas that control motor movements is sent to brain areas such as the hippocampal formation that compute sensory spatial information. Motor information might be used for navigation and could be integrated with sensory information in spatial cognition. It has been shown that information obtained from moving in space can be used for navigation and spatial cognition in path integration. Single neurons were isolated using the tetrode recording and isolation technique. Then, the motor system was pharmacologically challenged and neurons in the hippocampus were recorded from to assess any changes. The findings supports the hypothesis that motor information is transferred to the hippocampus and is used to supplement sensory information in the creation of spatial representations.
