以色列特拉维夫大学Yossi Yovel小组取得一项新突破。他们的最新工作表明，哺乳动物具有认知地图。相关论文发表在2020年7月10日出版的《科学》杂志上。

Title: The ontogeny of a mammalian cognitive map in the real world

Author: Lee Harten, Amitay Katz, Aya Goldshtein, Michal Handel, Yossi Yovel

Issue&Volume: 2020/07/10

Abstract: How animals navigate over large-scale environments remains a riddle. Specifically, it is debated whether animals have cognitive maps. The hallmark of map-based navigation is the ability to perform shortcuts, i.e., to move in direct but novel routes. When tracking an animal in the wild, it is extremely difficult to determine whether a movement is truly novel because the animal’s past movement is unknown. We overcame this difficulty by continuously tracking wild fruit bat pups from their very first flight outdoors and over the first months of their lives. Bats performed truly original shortcuts, supporting the hypothesis that they can perform large-scale map-based navigation. We documented how young pups developed their visual-based map, exemplifying the importance of exploration and demonstrating interindividual differences.

DOI: 10.1126/science.aay3354

Source: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/369/6500/194