Head Direction Cells, Grid Cells, and the Neural Basis
of Spatial Orientation
A Thesis
Submitted to the Faculty
in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the
degree of
Doctor of Philosophy
in
Psychological and Brain Sciences
by
Benjamin Joseph Clark
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
Hanover, New Hampshire
July, 2011
Examining Committee:
(Chair) Jeffrey S. Taube, Ph.D.
David J. Bucci, Ph.D.
Jerald D. Kralik, Ph.D.
James J. Knierim, Ph.D.
Brian W. Pogue, Ph.D.
Dean of Graduate Studies
Dartmouth Dissertations are made available through the Dartmouth Digital Library.
Degree
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Dartmouth College.
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