Psychiatry and Psychology

Spatial Navigation

Process by which organisms use various cues to develop a route to a destination and their ability to travel such a planned route.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Process by which organisms use various cues to develop a route to a destination and their ability to travel such a planned route.

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Synonyms

11 entry terms
  • Navigation, Spatial
  • Navigations, Spatial
  • Spatial Navigations
  • Spatial Ability
  • Spatial Visualization
  • Abilities, Spatial
  • Ability, Spatial
  • Spatial Abilities
  • Spatial Visualizations
  • Visualization, Spatial
  • Visualizations, Spatial

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Aspects Covered

3 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings drug effects, physiology, radiation effects.

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History Note

2015

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Previous Indexing

  • Space Perception (1984-2014)
  • Spatial Behavior (1985-2014)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. F01.145.875.797w
  2. F02w.463w.641w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Spatial Navigation. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D065854. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D065854
  2. Spatial Navigation. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatial_navigation
  3. Spatial Navigation. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3070167