{"title":"The role of motor processes in mental rotation: selective shaping of cognitive processing via specific sensorimotor experience","authors":"Hamdi Habacha","doi":"10.1080/13875868.2018.1541457","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13875868.2018.1541457","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The involvement of motor processes in mental rotation is experience-dependent: different levels of expertise in sensorimotor interactions lead to different strategies in mental rotation. In the present study, wrestlers, gymnasts, and nonathletes physically rotated objects that were either light (wooden) or heavy (lead) but otherwise having the same sizes and shapes. They then performed a mental rotation task using photographs of these objects in which the material and therefore the weight was visible. I hypothesized that wrestlers would rely more heavily on experience-based sensorimotor strategies in performing mental rotation because during their athletic practice they not only manipulate external “objects” (i.e., their opponent) but also have to plan future actions taking into account past experience of these “objects” (for example their weight). All participants reported that lead objects were harder to physically rotate than wooden ones. However, only wrestlers mentally rotated lead objects more slowly than wooden ones—as they would if they were physically rotating them—suggesting the involvement of motor processes. These findings show that the involvement of motor processes in mental rotation depends on specific rather than mere sensorimotor experience.","PeriodicalId":46199,"journal":{"name":"Spatial Cognition and Computation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2019-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/13875868.2018.1541457","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72378508","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Modeling visuospatial reasoning","authors":"Stephen K. Reed","doi":"10.1080/13875868.2018.1460751","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13875868.2018.1460751","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT I apply my proposed modification of Soar/Spatial/Visual System and Kosslyn’s (1983) computational operations on images to problems within a 2 × 2 taxonomy that classifies research according to whether the coding involves static or dynamic relations within an object or between objects (Newcombe & Shipley, 2015). I then repeat this analysis for problems that are included in mathematics and science curricula. Because many of these problems involve reasoning from diagrams Hegarty’s (2011) framework for reasoning from visual-spatial displays provides additional support for organizing this topic. Two more relevant frameworks specify reasoning at different levels of abstraction (Reed, 2016) and with different combinations of actions and objects (Reed, 2018). The article concludes with suggestions for future directions.","PeriodicalId":46199,"journal":{"name":"Spatial Cognition and Computation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2019-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80611710","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Urban street morphology perception: orientational versus aesthetical parametrization in space syntax","authors":"Luca d' Acci","doi":"10.1080/13875868.2018.1564754","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13875868.2018.1564754","url":null,"abstract":"Current topological and geometrical distances in Space Syntax are based on the premise that each change of direction along a path is a mental cost because one loses orientation. This paper proposes to extend the analysis to the case in which aesthetic and variety, rather than orientation, are the key elements of street selection. It is widely recognized that most people are attracted to curvy paths rather than straight ones; therefore, when one is not worried about losing orientation in her walk, or when the preferred path is well recognizable even when it requires changes of direction, we should adopt another criterion to weigh distances: morphoahestetic and networkvariety criteria are shown as potential parametrization for Space Syntax distances.","PeriodicalId":46199,"journal":{"name":"Spatial Cognition and Computation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/13875868.2018.1564754","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60015349","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Which way is the bookstore? A closer look at the judgments of relative directions task.","authors":"Derek J Huffman, Arne D Ekstrom","doi":"10.1080/13875868.2018.1531869","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13875868.2018.1531869","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present a detailed analysis of a widely used assay in human spatial cognition, the judgments of relative direction (JRD) task. We conducted three experiments involving virtual navigation interspersed with the JRD task, and included confidence judgments and map drawing as additional metrics. We also present a technique for assessing the similarity of the cognitive representations underlying performance on the JRD and map drawing tasks. Our results support the construct validity of the JRD task and its connection to allocentric representation. Additionally, we found that chance performance on the JRD task depends on the distribution of the angles of participants' responses, rather than being constant and 90 degrees. Accordingly, we present a method for better determining chance performance.</p>","PeriodicalId":46199,"journal":{"name":"Spatial Cognition and Computation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/13875868.2018.1531869","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37257183","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Freksa, T. Barkowsky, Zoe Falomir, J. V. D. Ven
{"title":"Geometric problem solving with strings and pins","authors":"C. Freksa, T. Barkowsky, Zoe Falomir, J. V. D. Ven","doi":"10.1080/13875868.2018.1531415","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13875868.2018.1531415","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Humans solve spatial and abstract problems more easily if these can be visualized and/or physically manipulated. We analyze the domain of geometric problem solving from a cognitive perspective and identify several levels of domain abstraction that interact in the problem solving process. We discuss the roles of physical manifestations of spatial configurations, their manipulation, and their perception for understanding problem solving processes. We propose an extension of the classical problem solving repertoire of constructive geometry to approach certain problems more directly than under the compass-and-straightedge paradigm. Specifically, we introduce strings and pins as helpful metaphors for a generalization of the constructive geometry approach. We present classical problems from spatial problem solving to illustrate the ‘strings and pins’ paradigm. Three case studies are discussed: strings-and-pins solutions to (i) the ellipse construction problem; (ii) the shortest path problem; and (iii) the angle trisection problem. Comparisons to formal solutions are drawn. Differences and similarities between the compass-and-straightedge paradigm and the strings-and-pins paradigm are analyzed. Features and limitations of constructive and depictive geometry as well as implications for computational approaches are discussed. The strings-and-pins domain is shown to be more general and less restrictive than the compass-and-straightedge domain.","PeriodicalId":46199,"journal":{"name":"Spatial Cognition and Computation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2018-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75888452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Florian A. Twaroch, P. Brindley, Paul D. Clough, Christopher B. Jones, Robert C. Pasley, S. Mansbridge
{"title":"Investigating behavioural and computational approaches for defining imprecise regions","authors":"Florian A. Twaroch, P. Brindley, Paul D. Clough, Christopher B. Jones, Robert C. Pasley, S. Mansbridge","doi":"10.1080/13875868.2018.1531871","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13875868.2018.1531871","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT People often communicate with reference to informally agreed places, such as “the city centre”. However, views of the spatial extent of such areas may vary, resulting in imprecise regions. We compare perceptions of Sheffield’s City Centre from a street survey to extents derived from various web-based sources. Such automated approaches have advantages of speed, cost and repeatability. We show that footprints from web sources are often in concordance with models derived from more labour-intensive methods. Notable exceptions however were found with sources advertising or selling residential property. Agreement between sources was measured by aggregating them to identify locations of consensus.","PeriodicalId":46199,"journal":{"name":"Spatial Cognition and Computation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2018-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80634749","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Spatial working memory is enhanced for movement experts in traditional and embodied tasks","authors":"Erica M. Barhorst-Cates","doi":"10.1080/13875868.2018.1541458","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13875868.2018.1541458","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Movement experts tend to outperform non-experts on some tasks of spatial ability, suggesting that movement experts possess enhanced spatial-cognitive abilities, which may be developed over years of practice. In the current study, movement experts (dancers and athletes) and non-experts completed one verbal working memory task and two spatial working memory tasks—a traditional Corsi block-tapping task and a new full-bodied version of the Corsi task, nicknamed the “Twister Task.” Movement experts outperformed non-experts on both the Corsi and Twister tasks but not on the verbal task, suggesting that movement experience may relate to spatial working memory specifically. Additionally, the Twister task significantly correlated with the traditional Corsi task, providing validation for a new measure of spatial working memory.","PeriodicalId":46199,"journal":{"name":"Spatial Cognition and Computation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2018-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79467157","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christine Williams, P. Lombardi, H. Cho, Hyunjin Seo
{"title":"List of reviewers","authors":"Christine Williams, P. Lombardi, H. Cho, Hyunjin Seo","doi":"10.1080/13875868.2018.1525867","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13875868.2018.1525867","url":null,"abstract":"Christine Chan, University of Regina, Canada Jyoti Choudrie, University of Hertfordshire, UK Paul Davis, RAND, USA Larbi Esmahi, Athabasca University, Canada Jose Figueiredo, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal Ing. Jorge Marx Gómez, Universität Oldenburg, Germany Bill Hefley, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Tschangho John Kim, University of Illinois, USA Jungwoo Lee, Yonsei University, Korea Allan Lichtman, American University, USA Barnett Parker, Parker Associates, USA","PeriodicalId":46199,"journal":{"name":"Spatial Cognition and Computation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2018-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83943450","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
I. Ruginski, Jeanine K. Stefanucci, Sarah H. Creem-Regehr
{"title":"State Anxiety Influences Sex Differences in Spatial Learning","authors":"I. Ruginski, Jeanine K. Stefanucci, Sarah H. Creem-Regehr","doi":"10.1007/978-3-319-96385-3_17","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96385-3_17","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46199,"journal":{"name":"Spatial Cognition and Computation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2018-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76738162","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Influence of Animacy and Spatial Relation Complexity on the Choice of Frame of Reference in German","authors":"Katarzyna Stoltmann, Susanne Fuchs, M. Krifka","doi":"10.1007/978-3-319-96385-3_9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96385-3_9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46199,"journal":{"name":"Spatial Cognition and Computation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2018-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86740127","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}