%% apa:: Bisby, J. A. (n.d.). Spatial memory. In _Britannica Online Encyclopedia_. [https://www.britannica.com/science/spatial-memory](https://www.britannica.com/science/spatial-memory) %% # Spatial memory --- Bisby, J. A. (n.d.). Spatial memory. In _Britannica Online Encyclopedia_. [https://www.britannica.com/science/spatial-memory](https://www.britannica.com/science/spatial-memory) --- ## Metadata title: Spatial memory author:: James A. Bisby cite-key:: bisbySpatialMemory url:: [https://www.britannica.com/science/spatial-memory](https://www.britannica.com/science/spatial-memory) Type: Encyclopedia keywords:: [[Memory, spatial]] ## Abstract Spatial memory, the storage and retrieval of information within the brain that is needed both to plan a route to a desired location and to remember where an object is located or where an event occurred. Finding one's way around an environment and remembering where things are within it are crucial everyday processes that rely on spatial memory. As animals navigate the world, they store information about their surroundings to form a coherent spatial representation of the environment in memory. The basic neural processes involved in spatial memory were eluciated by British American neuroscientist John O'Keefe and Norwegian neuroscientists May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser; the three shared the 2014 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries. --- ## Notes