Models of Visuospatial Cognition

Models of Visuospatial Cognition

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Vega, Manuel de
Oxford University Press
EAN: 9780195356502
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This second volume in the Counterpoints Series, which explores issues in psychology, child development, linguistics, and neuroscience, focuses on alternative models of visual-spatial processing in human cognition. This text offers extended chapters from three of the most respected and recognized investigators in the field: Michel Denis, Margaret Intons-Peterson, and Philip Johnson-Laird. Denis considers the role of mental imagery in spatial cognition and topographical orientation; images are viewed as a form of mental representation that is similar to real-world objects. Intons-Peterson examines spatial representation in short-term, or working-memory, considering the relationship of visual-spatial processes to subjects' expectations and individual differences. Johnson-Laird approaches the issue of visual-spatial representation from a &quote;mental models&quote; perspective, considering the relationship of images to various cognitive events. The editors provide a historical and theoretical introduction; and a final chapter integrates the arguments of the chapters, offering ideas about new directions and new research designs.
EAN 9780195356502
ISBN 0195356500
Binding Ebook
Publisher Oxford University Press
Publication date March 14, 1996
Language English
Country United States
Authors Denis, Michel; Intons-Peterson, Margaret Jean; Johnson-Laird, Philip N.; Marschark, Marc; Vega, Manuel De
Series Counterpoints: Cognition, Memory, and Language