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SUMMARY:From structure to action. An egocentric perspective on conceptual 
 space and cognitive maps
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260609T130000
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DESCRIPTION:Abstract \n\nCognitive maps offer a powerful way to compress e
 xperience into low-dimensional structure that supports flexible learning\,
  inference\, and generalization across both spatial and conceptual domains
 . But a map is only useful if it can guide action. In this talk\, I will p
 resent a unifying account of how hippocampal–entorhinal cognitive maps b
 ecome action-relevant—not only for spatial navigation\, but also for non
 spatial declarative knowledge. I will first review evidence that conceptua
 l navigation recruits complementary allocentric and egocentric reference f
 rames. I will then propose that egocentric coding in conceptual spaces can
  be understood as an attentional “point of view\,” implemented as a di
 rectional attentional gradient\, and show how mental operations can be mod
 eled as movements of attention over relational structure. Finally\, I will
  outline how reference-frame transformations and state-updating mechanisms
 —well characterized in spatial navigation—can be generalized to concep
 tual domains\, yielding actionable representations that support both overt
  behavior and internal mental actions.
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LOCATION:The Life and Mind Building - Seminar room 7 & 8\, Seminar room 7 
 & 8 The Life and Mind Building South Parks Road Oxford   United Kingdom
SPEAKER:Prof Roberto Bottini (University of Trento (Italy))
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