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path integration: a standalone construct

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Zoology

continuous updating of a home vector from the distances and directions travelled, allowing a direct return to the starting point.

In zoology, path integration refers to continuous updating of a home vector from the distances and directions travelled, allowing a direct return to the starting point. This meaning comes from Müller (1988) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.[1]

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References

Müller, M., & Wehner, R. (1988). Path integration in desert ants, Cataglyphis fortis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 85(14), 5287-5290. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.85.14.5287

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