- Idiothetic
Idiothetic literally means "self-proposition" (Greek derivation), and is used in navigation models (e.g., of a rat in a maze) as in the phrase "idiothetic cues" to indicate that
path integration was used to determine the present location instead of allothetic, or external, cues (e.g., visual or tactile). The term idiothetic is also used inpsychology and contrasted withnomothetic .See also
navigation research ,neuroscience ,robotic mapping .
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