Connecting Spatial Memories of Two Nested Spaces

Autor/inn/en	Zhang, Hui; Mou, Weimin; McNamara, Timothy P.; Wang, Lin
Titel	Connecting Spatial Memories of Two Nested Spaces
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 40 (2014) 1, S.191-202 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0278-7393
DOI	10.1037/a0033776
Schlagwörter	Spatial Ability; Memory; Maps; Geographic Location; Foreign Countries; Urban Areas; College Students; Cognitive Processes; Statistical Analysis; Experimental Psychology; Perception; Canada (Edmonton); China (Beijing) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Räumliches Vorstellungsvermögen; Gedächtnis; Map; Karte; Ausland; Urban area; Stadtregion; Collegestudent; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Statistische Analyse; Experimentelle Psychologie; Wahrnehmung
Abstract	Four experiments investigated the manner in which people use spatial reference directions to organize spatial memories of 2 conceptually nested layouts. Participants learned directions of 8 remote cities centered to Beijing or Edmonton, where the experiments occurred, using a map or using direct pointing. The map and the environment were aligned, and participants faced north (0°). Participants also learned locations of 7 objects on a table. Participants faced north (0°) during learning but were instructed to learn the layout along the northwest-southeast (45°-225°) axis. Judgments of relative direction (imagine you are standing at X, facing Y, point to Z) were used to determine spatial reference directions in retrieval of bearings between 2 objects or 2 cities. The results showed that when the tested bearing and the imagined heading were within an array, participants used 0° as the reference direction in retrieving bearings between cities but used 45°-225° to retrieve bearings between objects. When the tested bearing and the imagined heading were across 2 arrays, participants used the reference direction of the array from which the tested bearing was. These results indicated that bearings between items within an array were represented only with respect to the reference directions of this array and the relationship between spatial reference directions in these 2 arrays was also represented. (As Provided).
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