Cognitive map

Cognitive map

A spatial schema or representation. In learning a coordinated set of spatial relations, an organism is sometimes said to be developing a cognitive map. The term is most likely to be invoked when the organism orients toward locations that it cannot see or otherwise respond to directly.

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