Layout Geometry in Encoding and Retrieval of Spatial Memory

Autor/inn/en	Mou, Weimin; Liu, Xianyun; McNamara, Timothy P.
Titel	Layout Geometry in Encoding and Retrieval of Spatial Memory
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 35 (2009) 1, S.83-93 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0096-1523
DOI	10.1037/0096-1523.35.1.83
Schlagwörter	Eye Movements; Memory; Human Body; Geometry; Spatial Ability; Experiments; Adults; College Students; Recall (Psychology); Cognitive Processes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Augenbewegung; Gedächtnis; Menschlicher Körper; Geometrie; Räumliches Vorstellungsvermögen; Erprobung; Collegestudent; Abberufung; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess
Abstract	Two experiments investigated whether the spatial reference directions that are used to specify objects' locations in memory can be solely determined by layout geometry. Participants studied a layout of objects from a single viewpoint while their eye movements were recorded. Subsequently, participants used memory to make judgments of relative direction (e.g., "Imagine you are standing at X, facing Y, please point to Z"). When the layout had a symmetric axis that was different from participants' viewing direction, the sequence of eye fixations on objects during learning and the preferred directions in pointing judgments were both determined by the direction of the symmetric axis. These results provide further evidence that interobject spatial relations are represented in memory with intrinsic frames of reference. (Contains 1 footnote, 3 tables, and 8 figures.) (As Provided).
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